South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Man. 3rd-1st century B.C. Tongue-shaped carved bust reserved on an unworked block; bas-relief facial detailing with long vertical D-section nose, slit mouth and two shallow lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. See Simpson, S.T., Queen of Sheba: Treasures From Ancient Yemen, The British Museum Press, London, 2002, items 126, 270, and 282, for similar portraits. 2.42 kg total, 22.5 cm including stand (8 7/8 in.). with Arte Primitivo, New York. American private collection, New York, before 2000.