Keywords: South Arabian - Head of a Ram - Walters 2158 - Detail A.jpg Representations of rams are rare in ancient South Arabian art but they are common in works from Egypt and Nubia present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan This small ram's head may attest to cultural exchanges between South Arabia and northeastern Africa century 1 BC - century 2 AD calcite-alabaster cm 5 7 4 5 6 5 accession number 21 58 76502 Sale Sotheby's London October 19 1970 lot 96 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore October 19 1970 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 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 |