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Ja 2202
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 104402=1911,0513.8 |
| Notes | Purchased from Charles Albert Brenchley through George Hallett. Acquired in Ṣanʿāʾ. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Marble | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 0.8, l. 1.74, w. 1.57; wt. 3g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Dark veined grey marble stamp seal drilled longitudinally, with slightly conical back and an oval engraved face. The representation is divided into three registers: in the upper register a contest scene with a naked man in profile left between two inward facing ostriches; in the second one two addorsed horned animals with massive body and lyrate horns (probably bulls); in the lower register two addorsed rampant ibexes with head reversed, between which a five branched tree. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 52, pl. 2 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Pickworth Wong 1999: 195, no. 11 | Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley). |