A South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Man, Qataban, circa 3rd Century B.C/1st Century A.D.

Unknown

Medium

with tapering columnar neck and oval face with short beard, triangular nose, and drilled arched eyebrows, the almond-shaped eyes with remains of shell(?) inlay, the eyebrows and a circular hole beneath the mouth formerly inlaid.

Category

Sculpture