Human Statuette
30-47-8
From: South Arabia
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 30-47-8 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | South Arabia |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Limestone |
Description | Limestone statuette of a woman (?), standing up, hands extended, elbows to the body, feet covered by skirt or loin cloth. Hands closed, bored through. Hands closed, bored through. Block left flat, uncut behind. Hair hanging behind the ears on the shoulders. Three necklaces. Forehead incised (jewelled band?) and cut flat above. Eyes incised but not the eyebrows. Lozenge-shaped mouth. Straight nose broken. The name Ka'il-wahab scratched on the dress is probably a modern copy of the name on the following statuette (30-47-9) |
Height | 36 cm |
Width | 12.3 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Quill Jones, 1930 |
Other Number | R'ES 4235 - Other Number |
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