Head of a Woman, "Miriam", in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2019

Head of a woman (“Miriam”),1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.


Object Details

Date: 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.

Geography: Southwestern Arabia, Timna'

Medium: Calcite-alabaster, stucco, bitumen, lapis lazuli or glass

Dimensions: H. 11 7/8 × W. 7 3/16 × D. 6 13/16 in. (30.2 × 18.2 × 17.3 cm)

Classification: Stone-Sculpture

Credit Line: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of the American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection), S2013.2.139


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/757636