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| Keywords: South Arabian - Head of Lady Helqeb - Walters 2154.jpg Sculpted stone heads mounted on bases and placed in the vestibules of burial chambers were common in the cemetery of Timna' capital of the kingdom of Qataban The name of the woman represented is Helqeb which is written on the base century 1 AD calcite-alabaster cm 24 11 7 accession number 21 54 76493 Sotheby's London between 1963 and 1971 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore between 1963 and 1971 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Transliteration Hlqb Dt / Wqs Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
