“Bronze statue of a female worshipper in the act of burning a pinch of frankincense. The woman wears necklaces and a round pendant with rays, probably an amulet (National Museum of Yemen, Ṣanʿāʾ, inv. no. YM 289)
The South Arabian woman, Antonini & Robin
https://www.academia.edu/94436139/Antonini_and_Robin_The_South_Arabian_woman_Semitica_et_Classica_11_71_
Yemen
http://dasi.cnr.it
Stela representing a female bust with her right hand raised and her left one holding a sheaf of wheat. The woman wears a pleated tunic, an elaborate necklace and bracelets on each wrist. Neck with multiple necklines. Either the tunic or the necklace are very similar to those of CIAS P 45/s 4/46.11=CSAI I, 300 and CIAS P 45/s 4/98.Fr=CSAI I, 302.
Face completely damaged; head slightly protruding from the upper limit of the slab. Lower semicircle-shaped limit of the bust defined by a grooved band. High relief.
South Arabia,1st C BCE – 1st C CE
“Rising from a roundel, a woman raises her right hand with the palm open toward the viewer. Her left hand holds a stylized bundle of wheat. She represents a priestess, who intercedes with the sun goddess on behalf of the donor. The donor’s name, Rathadum, is written below the roundel.”
The animal-head terminals of the bracelets, necklaces and earrings were first developed in Achaemenid art and became popular in Greece during the 5th century BCE.
https://www.persee.fr
To compare
Attributed to the Taranto workshop, dated to the late second century BCE.
Source:
Catalog of the Altamura Museum
https://www.uomodialtamura.it/public/AllegatiSezioni/Paleolitico/Catalogo_Museo_Altamura.pdf
- Gioielli sudarabici da Kharibat Hamdān/ Haram (Jawf, Yemen): osservazioni preliminari, Sabina Antonini de Maigret, Fabio Betti, Leila ‘Alī ‘Aqīl https://doi.org/10.1484/J.SEC.5.112737
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