CSAI

Corpus of Southern Middle Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)

DASI

Ja 473


By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, inv. 13047/16059
NotesFormer number of the Museo Nazionale Romano: MNR 126352 (Rossi collection).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 21.2, w. 30.2, th. 5.5
Decoration
TypeScene
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureWith forepaw raised
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Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's referenceKing: Ḥimyarite symbol
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ibex
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureWith forepaw raised
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Figurative subjectAnimal » Feline
      Animal gestureWith forepaw raised
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Notes on support and decorationsFragment of slab with the three lowest registers preserved.
Top register: visible only the lower part of a podium/throne
Central register: inscription
Lowest register: three animals or parts of them are recognizable. From the left an ibex, in profile, facing left, with forepaw raised, a bull with frontal face, in profile, facing right and fragment of paw (feline?).

Only part of the head of the feline and its raised forepaw are preserved.

The monogram (h. 1.6, w. 1) is probably a tribal or lineage variant of the Ḥimyarite symbol (Robin 1987: 123-124).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteYarīm
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaYarīm
CountryYemen
Notes"[...] le n° 473 [provienne] de Yerim, ville située à environ 125 km au sud de la capitale yéménite ou peut-être des ruines de Ẓafar, site des environs de Yerim et qui ont en outre fourni les n° 477 et 481-82. Ces ruines furent visitées par le Professeur E. Rossi 17 janvier 1938; lors de son passage, l'orientaliste romain y aperçut des ouvriers qui amoncelaient de grosses pierres provenant des bâtisses sud-arabes en ruines pour les transporter à Yerim, où elles devaient servir à la réparation d'une mosquée" (Jamme 1956 a: 86).
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleJa 473
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1987 c: 123-124, facsimile (a)Robin, Christian J. 1987. L'inscription Ir 40 de Bayt Ḍabʿân et la tribu Ḏmry. Appendice: Les inscriptions Gl 1192, Gl 1197 et Gr 27. Pages 113-157 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh (eds). Ṣayhadica. Recherches sur les inscriptions de l'Arabie préislamique offertes par ses collègues au professeur A.F. L. Beeston. (Arabie préislamique, 1). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.