Objects 1 – 8 of 8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Statue of standing male figure
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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