Head of a Ram

Description Representations of rams are rare in ancient South Arabian art, but they are common in works from Egypt and Nubia (present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan). This small ram's head may attest to cultural exchanges between South Arabia and northeastern Africa.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/10/2008	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, October 19, 1970, lot 96; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, October 19, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.

Credit Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2007