MIbb 10
By kind permission of GOAM
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ibb, Museum, MIbb 10 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of animal body | ||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||||||||||||||||
| Measures | h. 19.5, w. 19.5, th. 11.2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Bull head with muzzle well characterized: open ringed (broken) horns, lateral eyes with multiple skin's folds; ears not represented. On the animal's front the symbol of crescent moon with disc is represented (instead of the usual triangular element), below which the inscription is incised. On the top of head, between the horns (instead of the vegetal element) there is an open-work decoration representing two ibexes, in heraldic pose, flanking a tree of life. The object is dated at the 3rd c. BC in Simpson 2002, while in the Catalogue 2000 the object is dated to the 2nd-1st c. AD. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-ʿAwd |
| Ancient site | ʿwdm |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-ʿAwd |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
According to the editors, this artefact doesn't show any Graeco-Hellenistic influence but, instead, refers to earlier Near Eastern artistic traditions, such as the Iron Age "Luristan bronzes", although without any direct link.
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | MIbb 10 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Catalogue 2000 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| Simpson 2002 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |