Ja 2216
By kind permission of British Museum
- By kind permission of British Museum
- By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 120343=1881,1206.5 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Semiprecious stone | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Measures | h. 0.43, l. 1.97, w. 1.63; wt. 2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | A carnelian oval ring bezel with a plain flat reverse and a rounded obverse depicting a camel-rider, seated on (or immediately behind) the hump of a walking dromedary. The rider has long hair, or a keffiyeh-like headdress. He appears to be riding bareback, guiding the animal by a rope halter attached to its head and gripping the sides of the camel with his knees. He raises a torch (or whip, or city-emblem) in his left hand. A single South Arabian letter h is engraved behind the camel-rider, which may be the initial of the rider or that of the seal engraver (cf. Jamme 1971: 53). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Ja 2216 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |