A Glimpse of Ancient Yemen object gallery

Objects 1 – 8 of 8

Statue of standing male figure

Kingdom of Qataban, ca. 1st century BCE
Yemen
Calcite travertine
H x W x D: 41.2 x 14.8 x 10.8 cm (16 1/4 x 5 13/16 x 4 1/4 in)
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian Institution
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S1986.513

Statue of standing male figure

Kingdom of Qataban, ca. 2nd century BCE
Yemen
Calcite travertine
H x W x D: 46.4 x 14.2 x 8.8 cm (18 1/4 x 5 9/16 x 3 7/16 in)
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian Institution
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S1986.514

Pair of lions with erotes as riders

early 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
Yemen
Bronze
H x W x D (S2013.2.77.1): 61.9 × 71.1 × 19.8 cm (24 3/8 × 28 × 7 13/16 in)
H x W x D (S2013.2.77.2): 63.5 × 75.2 × 19.4 cm (25 × 29 5/8 × 7 5/8 in)
Weight (Each): 23.8 kg (52.5 pounds)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.77.1-2

Plaque with dedicatory inscription and attachment of an extended hand holding a phiale/lamp

first half 1st century BCE
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Bronze
H x W x D: 22.3 × 14.4 × 21.5 cm (8 3/4 × 5 11/16 × 8 7/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.88

Head of a woman (known as “Miriam”), fragment

1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Alabaster, stucco and bitumen
H x W x D: 30.2 × 18.2 × 17.3 cm (11 7/8 × 7 3/16 × 6 13/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.139

Seated woman with clenched fists

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster
H x W x D: 35.8 × 15.8 × 15.9 cm (14 1/8 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.152

Face stela

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone
H x W x D: 15 × 19 × 6.8 cm (5 7/8 × 7 1/2 × 2 11/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.165

Stela with the figure of a woman above one line of inscription

3rd century BCE-mid 1st century CE
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster
H x W x D: 24.6 × 16.3 × 7.2 cm (9 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 2 13/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.208