CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bron 2019: 120

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositLeon (Spain), Museum of Istituto Biblico y Oriental
NotesThe Antonovich private collection has been provisionally settled in the Museum of Istituto Biblico y Oriental in Leon.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 37.5
Decoration
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderMan
      Part of human bodyComplete figure
      Human gestureStanding, Arms stretching out
      Human clothes and attributesTunic
Chronology
PeriodMiddle
Notes on support and decorationsThe man has beard and moustache realized with incised dots.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context
Link to site record

EPIGRAPHS

TitleAntonovich n° 31
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
Link to epigraph record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2019: 119-120, photoBron, François 2019. La collection d'antiquités sudarabiques de François Antonovich. Semitica, 61: 117-125.