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Source Description
The oval plaque features a male head wearing an elaborate headdress that resembles the Macedonian "kausia" (a kind of flat hat). Similar pendants were made in the Roman Empire, but it is impossible to determine whether this pendant reached South Arabia as an import or was made locally after a foreign model.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
76495
label
Pendant with Human Face
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
76495
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pendant with Human Face
description
The oval plaque features a male head wearing an elaborate headdress that resembles the Macedonian "kausia" (a kind of flat hat). Similar pendants were made in the Roman Empire, but it is impossible to determine whether this pendant reached South Arabia as an import or was made locally after a foreign model.
provenance
Ahmed [local art dealer], Ta'izz, Yemen; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1961/2(?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
date
1st-5th century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
amulets
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.8
height
4
depth
2.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 11/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 in. (6.8 x 4 x 2.5 cm)
Source extras
med
iron
creator_ids
15549
collection_ids
SAY
exhibition_ids
2002
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
865950ead6119b27