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MNAO 10323/11517


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

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 10323/11517
NotesLivadiotti collection (1971).

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with scene
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 25, l. 15, th. 3
Decoration
TypeScene
Figurative subjectAnimal » Mythical animal
      Animal gestureMoving
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Figurative subjectPlant » Bunch of grapes
Notes on support and decorationsFragment of stela with scene representing a mythical animal (forward of an ibex emerging from a vegetal element) and a bunch of grape. The representation belongs to the category of the peopled scroll, spread in Hellenistic times. Garbini (1970 c: 443) interprets the representation as belonging to a zodiac (the animal is to be interpreted as a Capricorn -the Goat-).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Shabwa governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1970 c: p. 443, pl. IIbGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Un oroscopo himyarita. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30: 439-446, pl. I, II.
Antonini, D'Amore and Jung 2012: p. 260, n. 112.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.