Head of a Woman

1st century BCE

12.5 cm 15.6 cm 11 cm

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The locks of hair on each side of this three-dimensional head indicate that it represents a woman. Similar female heads were produced from the 1st century BCE through the 1st century CE in Hayd ibn 'Aqil, the cemetery associated with Timna'-the capital of the Qatabanean kingdo...

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Sale, Sotheby's, London, January 23(?), 1967, lot 87; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, January 23(?), 1967, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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en
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