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ATM 691

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

Deposit ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 691

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support type Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure

Material Alabaster
Measures h. 24, w. 12

Figurative subject Human figure

Part of human body Bust
Decoration
Human gesture Arms stretching out
Human clothes and attributes Tunic
View Frontal
Notes on Alabaster statuette representing a standing human figure. The rounded face is well characterized: almond-shaped
support and eyes with pupils hollowed for inlay, long incised eyebrows, straight nose and small pouting mouth. The arms,
decorations partially preserved, are stretching out. The hands are lost.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
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Modern site Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient site Unknown
Geographical area Wādī Bayḥān
Country Yemen
Archaeological
Funerary context: Necropolis
context
Breton reports a provenance from Timnaʿ, hence we suppose that the object originates from its necropolis,
Notes
Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl.
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