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| Keywords: South Arabian - Plaque of a Man - Walters 20071735.jpg This unique plaque depicts a man dressed in a thigh-length costume and shoes He wears headgear used by hunters and traders A serpent is coiled in front of his face and a bird perhaps an eagle with outspread wings emerges from behind his shoulders Serpents and eagles in South Arabian art are associated with the sun and moon On top of the plaque a female figure wearing a long sheath-like dress is oriented horizontally and may represent a worshiper Text beside the man contains the given name Heshfer or Heshqer of the Serben clan century 2 1 BC bronze cm 17 8 10 0 5 accession number 2007 17 35 76494 Portobello Road Market London Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore between 1963 and 1964 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Transliteration Hsfr or Hsqr Srbn Translation Heshfer or Heshqer of the Serben clan 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 | ||||
