Stele with a Female Bust

Description 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.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/01/2008	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.
• Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Artisans of Yemen. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2012-2013.

Provenance Sotheby's, London, between 1963 and 1971; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, between 1963 and 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.

Inscriptions [Transliteration] R t d m / d t [...] [Translation] Rathadum of [the clan]

Credit Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2008