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Ja 447 B 30


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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Right 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

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 12986/15998
NotesFormer number of Museo Nazionale Romano: MNR 121076 (C. Zoli - C. Ansaldi collection -1933-).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 18
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderWoman
      Part of human bodyComplete figure
      Human gestureSitting, Arms stretching out
      ViewFrontal
Notes on support and decorationsComplete female seated statuette with arms stretching out. The lower part of the statuette consists in a plain cubic block (unfinished?).

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: pp. 69-70, n. 447, pl. VIIJamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
Antonini 2001: p. 55, B30, pl. 18Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Antonini 2012: p. 245, n. 74Antonini, 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.