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.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/01/2008	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.

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.

Credit Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007