CSAI
Collection of the objects from the European museums

Indexes
Tools
Record’s details
CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).

MNAO 10319


Front side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 10319/11513
NotesLivadiotti collection (1971).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 35,2, w. 38, th. 7
Decoration
Figurative subjectGeometric motif » False window
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyPaw
Notes on support and decorationsFragment of slab, decorated with false windows, standing on the representation of a bull's paw.
The fragment has been interpreted as part of of an alabaster throne.
For comparison see Pirenne 1965 a: 314-8, pl. XXIIA.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Shabwa governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

D'Amore, Jung and Messineo 2010: pp. 61-65, fig. 29D'Amore, Paola, Jung, Michael and Messineo, Gaetano 2010. Yemen. Il paese della regina di Saba (VIII sec. a.C.-VII sec. d.C.). Pages 57-72 in Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Vicino e Medio Oriente antico. (Collana Guide Brevi del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci"). Roma: Artemide.
Antonini, D'Amore and Jung 2012: p. 266, n. 126.Antonini, Sabina, D'Amore, Paola and Jung, Michael (eds) 2012. Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.