CSAI

Collection of the objects from the Yemeni museums


By kind permission of Jean-François Breton

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 296-19

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Ladle
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 21, d. (base) 8
Decoration
TypeFramework » With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative subjectGeometric motif » Circular elements
Figurative subjectAnimal » Camel
      Part of animal bodyHead
Notes on support and decorations"Petite louche, au manche large (1.3 cm à la base), pourvu d’un anneau et terminé par une tête de chameau (?). Fond sans décor" (Breton 1993: 28).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍura
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextFunerary context
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1993: 28, cat. 28, pl. 13/32, pl. 14/35.Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 228, cat. III.C.3.ʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]