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Objects 1 – 29 of 29

Architectural frieze

500 BCE- 200 CE
Yemen
Calcite travertine
H x W x D: 15.6 x 48.7 x 10.5 cm (6 1/8 x 19 3/16 x 4 1/8 in)
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian Institution
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S1986.509

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

Roof gutter with bull’s head downspout

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone
H x W x D: 8 × 13.9 × 27.6 cm (3 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 10 7/8 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.47

Rectangular incense burner with recessed paneling imitating architecture (fragment)

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone
H x W x D: 7.9 × 17.2 × 6.8 cm (3 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 2 11/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.63

Incense burner with partial inscription

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone
H x W x D: 6.9 × 16.9 × 12.6 cm (2 11/16 × 6 5/8 × 4 15/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.64

Striding lion with Eros child (one of a pair)

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)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.77.1

Striding lion with Eros child (one of a pair)

early 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
Yemen
Bronze
H x W x D (S2013.2.77.2): 63.5 × 75.2 × 19.4 cm (25 × 29 5/8 × 7 5/8 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.77.2

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

Amphora with handles originating from silenus masks at shoulder and terminating in lion’s heads at rim

2nd century BCE-1st century CE
Greece or Rome?
Bronze
H x W x D: 27.1 × 25.8 × 20.7 cm (10 11/16 × 10 3/16 × 8 1/8 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.119

Column with fluted shaft and Corinthian capital, fragment

early 1st century
Roman Levant
Bronze
H x W x D: 39.4 × 8.3 × 8.1 cm (15 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 3 3/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.120

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

Torso of a woman, fragment of two pieces, now joined

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster
H x W x D: 25.5 × 11.4 × 9.6 cm (10 1/16 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.148

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

Face stela

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone
H x W x D: 15.4 × 20.4 × 6.1 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/16 × 2 3/8 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.167

Face stela

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone with traces of red pigment
H x W x D: 15.3 × 21.4 × 7.5 cm (6 × 8 7/16 × 2 15/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.173

Stela with bull’s head, fragment

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster
H x W x D: 27.5 × 21.6 × 10.4 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/2 × 4 1/8 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.175

Two joined ibexes, fragment

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster
H x W x D: 16.5 × 12.5 × 8.4 cm (6 1/2 × 4 15/16 × 3 5/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.183

Stela with inscribed base

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster
H x W x D: 33.2 x 23.1 x 5.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/8 x 2 3/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.189

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

Had set in inscribed stepped base

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster head set in limestone base
H x W x D: 21.6 × 10.8 × 10.1 cm (8 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 4 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.211

Stela with bull’s head, inscribed below

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Calcite alabaster
H x W x D: 29.3 × 10.6 × 8 cm (11 9/16 × 4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.214

Frieze with ibex heads, fragment

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone
H x W x D: 34 x 39.5 x 27.5 cm (13 3/8 x 15 9/16 x 10 13/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.225

Incense burner with paneled decoration

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone
H x W x D: 11.6 × 9.9 × 9.9 cm (4 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.240

Incense burner with incised decoration

early 1st century
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Limestone with plaster skim-coating and traces of red pigment
H x W x D: 10.5 × 8.4 × 8.1 cm (4 1/8 × 3 5/16 × 3 3/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.244

Amulet of the goddess al-Lat, inscribed

1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
Yemen, Wadi Bayhan
Gold
H x W x D (Pendant): 3.1 × 4 × 0.1 cm (1 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 1/16 in)
Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
S2013.2.339

Architectural frieze

Statue of standing male figure

Roof gutter with bull’s head downspout

Rectangular incense burner with recessed paneling imitating architecture (fragment)

Incense burner with partial inscription

Striding lion with Eros child (one of a pair)

Striding lion with Eros child (one of a pair)

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

Amphora with handles originating from silenus masks at shoulder and terminating in lion’s heads at rim

Column with fluted shaft and Corinthian capital, fragment

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

Torso of a woman, fragment of two pieces, now joined

Seated woman with clenched fists

Face stela

Face stela

Face stela

Stela with bull’s head, fragment

Two joined ibexes, fragment

Stela with inscribed base

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

Had set in inscribed stepped base

Stela with bull’s head, inscribed below

Frieze with ibex heads, fragment

Incense burner with paneled decoration

Incense burner with incised decoration

Amulet of the goddess al-Lat, inscribed

Figure of a woman, fragment, with partial inscription

Torso of an Indian goddess (yakshi?) in dancing position, fragment

Bag of frankencense

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