Keywords: South Arabian - Head of a Man with a Rectangular Face - Walters 2122 - Three Quarter.jpg 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 century 3 1 BC calcite-alabaster cm 17 78 13 02 10 accession number 21 22 76461 Sale Sotheby's London December 21 1970 lot 83 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore December 21 1970 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |