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Head of a woman (“Miriam”)
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Title: Head of a woman (“Miriam”)
Date: 1st century BCE–mid 1st century CE
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)
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