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Ja 2212


By kind permission of British Museum
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By kind permission of British Museum
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By kind permission of British Museum

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 117815=1925,0724.6
NotesDonated by Major B.R. French.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Seal » Stamp seal
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 1.14, l. 1.87, 1.17 (seal face), th. 0.97 (seal face); wt. 3.5g
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ibex
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureMoving
      ViewFrontal
Notes on support and decorationsThis bronze stamp-seal is pierced longitudinally with a triangular-shaped hole. The oval face, oriented horizontally, is engraved with a running animal (probably an ibex) and a three-pointed ridged back. The representation is very worn.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteBayḥān ad-Dawla
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMasūar
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1971 b: 53Jamme, 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: 319, no. 128Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley).