Sem 139
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
- By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 139 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Hook | ||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||
| Measures | h. 6.5 | ||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Bronze hook ending with a very stylized animal head. According to A. Grohmann (1914: 72) it was a dragon's head. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Grohmann 1914: 72, fig. 186 | 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: 173, fig. 69 | Nielsen, Ditlef (ed.) 1927. Die altarabische Kultur. Ditlef Nielsen, Handbuch der altarabischen Altertumskunde. 1. Copenhagen: A. Busck. |