CSAI

Collection of the objects from the Yemeni museums


By kind permission of Jean-François Breton

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 147

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief
SubjectHuman figure
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 13.0, w. 12.0, th. 4.0
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderMan
      Part of human bodyBust
      Human clothes and attributesNude
      ViewFrontal
Notes on support and decorationsFragment of stela with human figure preserving only the naked torso of a man, with well developed pectorals. His left arm shows a hole, probably intended to insert the forearm, in correspondence of which we can see an object interpretable as a club or an animal head. The torso probably represents Hercules.
On the back there is a graffito: l. 1: | hrb, l. 2: hbḥ.
The graffito is probably a fake (cf. Dentzer-Feydy 2009: 143, n. 127).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dentzer-Feydy 2009: 143; 163, fig. 40Dentzer-Feydy, Jacqueline 2009. Le décor sculpté en pierre. Pages 131-164 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Shabwa et son contexte architectural et artistique du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IVe siècle après J.-C.. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 4. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ / Beirut: Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient.