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Source Description
Most of this stela is lost, except for a small part on each side of the face. The edges of the eye sockets are partially damaged; tool marks suggests that someone pried out the precious inlaid eyes. The mouth is executed as a straight line without modeled lips.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
76481
label
Fragment of a Small Head-Stela with a U-Shaped Face
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
76481
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Fragment of a Small Head-Stela with a U-Shaped Face
description
Most of this stela is lost, except for a small part on each side of the face. The edges of the eye sockets are partially damaged; tool marks suggests that someone pried out the precious inlaid eyes. The mouth is executed as a straight line without modeled lips.
provenance
Sotheby's, London, between 1963 and 1971; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, between 1963 and 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
date
1st century BCE-1st century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
busts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.1
height
10.4
depth
5.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 3/8 x W: 4 1/8 x D: 2 1/8 in. (11.1 x 10.4 x 5.4 cm)
Source extras
med
calcite-alabaster
creator_ids
15549
collection_ids
SAY
exhibition_ids
2002
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
529f92d8e2cef665