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Summary
Stele with a Female Bust
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Artist
Anonymous (South Arabia)Unknown author
Title
Stele with a Female Bust
Description
English: Rising from a roundel, a woman raises her right hand with the palm open toward the viewer. Her left hand holds a stylized bundle of wheat. She represents a priestess, who intercedes with the sun goddess on behalf of the donor. The donor's name, Rathadum, is written below the roundel.
Date
1st century BC
date QS:P571,-050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
?- ?1st century AD
date QS:P571,+050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium
calcite-alabaster
Dimensions
height: 32.1 cm (12.6 in); width: 23.3 cm (9.1 in); depth: 3.5 cm (1.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,32.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,23.3U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,3.5U174728
Collection
Walters Art Museum
Native name
Walters Art Museum
Location
Baltimore, United States of America
Coordinates
39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W
Established
1934
Website
thewalters.org
Authority file
: Q210081
VIAF: 128918374
ISNI: 000000040373611X
ULAN: 500279110
LCCN: no00096900
GND: 16029354-6
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
21.73
Place of creation
Arabian Peninsula
Object history
Sotheby's, London, between 1963 and 1971
Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, between 1963 and 1971, by purchase
2008: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history
Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.
Credit line
Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2008
Inscriptions
[Transliteration] R t d m / d t [...]
[Translation] Rathadum of [the clan]
Source
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork
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