Head of a Man with a Rectangular Face

Description 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.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
3/30/2008	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

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

Provenance Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 21, 1970, lot 83; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, December 21, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.

Credit Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007