ATM 524
By kind permission of Jean-François Breton
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 524 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||||
| Top | Concave | ||||||
| Subject | Bull head | ||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||
| Measures | h. (of the head) 6, th. (of the stela) 4 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Fragment of stela with animal's muzzle well characterized: small horns detached from the slab with ring at their base, lateral eyes with multiple skin's folds and triangular element between the horns filled with wavy parallel lines, probably representing a tuft of hair. High relief. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | Breton reports a provenance from Timnaʿ, hence we suppose that the object originates from its necropolis, Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl. |
| Link to site record |