A British antiquities collector from the period “13-18” of October displays an exceptional and very rare female figure from Yemeni antiquities in Britain.

The Yemeni statue is displayed with a group of archaeological artifacts from the ancient world on the Catawiki online auction platform.

The independent researcher interested in tracking and monitoring antiquities smuggled from Yemen, “Abdullah Mohsen,” commented about this archaeological figure by saying: An exceptional and very rare female figure with a backing engraving!.. Peter Rene is offering it on the Catawiki online auction platform, a collection of antique antiques from the world. Old, including an exceptional and very rare female figure from the antiquities of Yemen, made of pottery (terracotta) with Musnad letters on each leg, in the period from (13-18) October 2023 AD, and it is one of the antiques of the private collection of Mr. J. Bahammond, a British antiquities collector, He studied archeology of the ancient Near East and Roman Britain at the University of Manchester.

The researcher described the figure as “a rare and unique ancient Yemeni figure that expresses fertility, with finely drawn facial features, and the front body is separated by another stylized face around the abdomen, and the rolls of abdominal fat form a large mouth... There are also two circular-shaped slits at the top.” legs and one around the lower abdomen

Mohsen pointed out that on October 17, 2016 AD, Dr. Celine Rock conducted a thermal luminescence test at the Res Arts laboratories in France to determine the age of the antique, and the results indicate that the raw material of the artifact was likely heated during the first millennium BC, specifically the period (From 960 to 360) BC, which is approximately 2500 years.

The researcher expressed that it is fortunate that the auction prohibits the participation of residents of the United States and Australia due to their customs laws, and we hope that the day will come when countries around the world will prevent the entry of antiquities from Yemen except those that Yemen participates in in international exhibitions for tourism promotion.