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| Keywords: South Arabian - Stela with a Seated Woman - Walters 2148.jpg This woman is seated on a folding stool with a cushioned seat Her open left hand is raised in front of her face in a gesture of recitation and her open mouth suggests that she is reciting a spell or prayer Her right hand clasps a bundle of wheat or millet which may represent a petition for food and fecundity The inscription below the panel names the lady Hywet of Meren clan century 2 1 BC calcite-alabaster cm 22 5 14 5 4 accession number 21 48 76487 Sale Sotheby's London November 26 1968 lot 28 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore November 26 1968 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Transliteration Hywt /Dmrn Translation Hywet of Meren 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 Statues of sitting women | ||||
