Head of a Man with a Rectangular Face

3rd-1st century BCE

13 cm 17.8 cm 10 cm

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This head has no specific markers to indicate the subject's gender or age, though the heavy face and the strong neck suggest an adult male. Pieces with similar features have been found inserted in stelae in the Sabaean capital, Marib.

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Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 21, 1970, lot 83; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, December 21, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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