BM 130896 Ja 48
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 130896=1951,0407.15; 120 |
| Notes | Bequeathed by Sir Antonin Besse. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||
| Subject | Bull head | ||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||
| Measures | h. 12.4, w. 11.3, th. 11.6 | ||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The bull’s head was once part of a calcite-alabaster stela. The bull has small horns lined where they meet the head. There are two distinct wrinkles on the muzzle with the ends bent sharply downwards towards two crescent shaped nostrils and a c-shaped mouth; there is no detailing of the jaw line. There are wrinkles with squared ends carved in flat relief highlighting the eyes. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | According to A. Jamme (cf. Jamme 1955 a: 117), all the objects of the Besse collection are originating from the wādī Bayḥān region. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1951: 175 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1951. Pièces anepigraphes sud-arabes d’Aden. Le Muséon, 64: 157-176. |
| Jamme 1955 a: 126 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Pièces qatabanites et sabéennes d'Aden. Anadolu Arastirmalari, 1: 117-126. |