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RES 3902 N° 105
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DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1694 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure | ||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||
| Dimensions | h. 24.2, w. 8.5, th. 8.3 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | This type of stylized and squared statuette is called "by pillar-shaped legs" (Rathjens 1955: 64-66; Antonini 2001: 36). Cf. BM 132222. The bust, with squared shoulders, shows two small rounded teats, placed at the waist; the pillar projecting legs mark the lateral limits of the statuette's block. The large, almost triangular face has flat brow, triangular, flat nose, incised almond-shaped eyes and thin mouth. The dress is not defined. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | RES 3902 N° 105 |
| Concordance | CSAI I, 851 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rathjens 1955 | Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| Antonini 2001 | Antonini, 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] |