Object Title
Stele with a Female Bust
Measurements
H: 12 5/8 x W: 9 3/16 x D: 1 3/8 in. (32.1 x 23.3 x 3.5 cm)
Creation Date
1st century BCE-1st century CE
Credit Line
Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster, 2008
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/76512
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, by 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
Exhibition Information
Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, The Walters Art Museum, 20 July-7 September 2008; Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Artisans of Yemen, The Walters Art Museum, 27 October 2012-21 January 2013
Publication Information
Beeston, AFL and J Pirenne. "Corpus des Inscriptions et Antiquites Sud-Arabes". Leuven: Edition Peeter (1977): Vol. 1.2, no. P45 / s 4, I.429-31; Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, exh. cat. (2008) 113, no. 29 (illust.).
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object was brought onsite to the Walters as part of a long-term loan in 2007