Head of a Woman with U-Shaped Face

1st century BCE-1st century CE

7.9 cm 14.9 cm 4.9 cm

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The style of this head is typical of those from Hayd ibn "Aqil, the cemetery of the Qatabanean capital Timna'. The extremely long neck might have been considered a mark of beauty.

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76470
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Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 21, 1964, lot 140; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, December 21, 1964, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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en
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7
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