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Ja 443


Front side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Front side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Left side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Right side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Back side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 12970/15982
NotesFormer number of the Museo Nazionale Romano: MNR 121060 (C. Zoli - C. Ansaldi Collection 1933).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27.1
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderWoman
      Part of human bodyComplete figure
      Human gestureSitting
Notes on support and decorationsCompletestatuette of a seated woman with arms stretching out.
Traces of painting on the hair.
Pierced ankles to fix bronze ankle bands.
The statuette belongs to the category "with pillar-shaped legs" (see Ja 462).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī al-Jawf)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1956 a: p. 66, n. 443.Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
Antonini 2012: p. 239, n. 58Antonini, Sabina 2012. Catalogo. Immagini funerarie. Pages 239-250 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.