Sem 141
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 141 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With figurative scene | ||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||||||||||||||||
| Measures | h. 5.1, w. 4.2, th. 0.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Bronze openwork small plaque with the representation of a heraldic composition, constituted by a man (the hero) between two rampant ibexes. The man, with his legs bend and a long beard, is small in comparison with the two animals. Above his head there is a kind of banner with the representation of the crescent moon and disc. The hero places his hands on the animal belly, while the two ibexes, perfectly specular, have their heads turned towards the interior and an anterior leg leaning on the man shoulders. This small plaque was originally attached to another object, as shown by two holes at the top and at bottom. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The iconographic motive of the so-called “lord of animals” belongs to a Mesopotamian ancient tradition.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grohmann 1914: 58, fig. 149 | Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. |
| Nielsen 1927: 172, pl. 68 | Nielsen, Ditlef (ed.) 1927. Die altarabische Kultur. Ditlef Nielsen, Handbuch der altarabischen Altertumskunde. 1. Copenhagen: A. Busck. |
| Daum 1988 a: 181 | Daum, Werner (ed.) 1988. Jemen. 3000 Jahre Kunst und Kultur des glücklichen Arabien. Innsbruck: Pinguin / Frankfurt: Umschau. |
| Catalogue 2000: 385-386, cat. 389 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 235, cat. IV.B.2 | 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] |