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Keywords: South Arabian - Stele with Bust of a Woman - Walters 2143.jpg This bust is part of a figure of a female participant in a ritual The image is a variant of the well-known motif of a worshiper which has a long tradition in the ancient Near East and was also popular in South Arabia Such figures could serve as funerary monuments or votive figures placed in a sacred shrine or temple Their purpose was to ensure the continued close relationship between the individual and the worshiped deity century 4 BC - century 1 AD calcite-alabaster cm 16 13 4 7 accession number 21 43 76482 Sale Sotheby's London May 18 1970 lot 69 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore May 18 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
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