MIbb 4
By kind permission of GOAM
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ibb, Museum, MIbb 4 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure | ||||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||||
| Measures | h. 15.6, w. 10.9, th. 4.4 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | In the Catalogues 2000 and Simpson 2002 the object is dated at the 3rd-2nd century BC. The recent study by Fleischer and Schultz dates the statuette to the late Ptolemaic - early Roman period, between the 1st BC - 1st AD. The inscription has been added after casting and (palaeographically attributed to the 3th c. AD) and as a consequence of its secondary use as a votive object. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-ʿAwd |
| Ancient site | ʿwdm |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-ʿAwd |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Rgbm bʿlt Ḥẓrn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
"Although the plumed atef-like crown is Egyptianising Graeco-Roman, the sphinx is probably not an Egyptian import but perhaps a product of the Levant" (Catalogue 2002: 134). Fleischer and Schulz (2012: 15) retain the possibility of an origin from Egypt as well as from the Levant.
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | MIbb 4 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Catalogue 2000 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| Simpson 2002 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |
| Fleischer and Schulz 2012: 10-15, figs. 7-10 | Fleischer, Robert and Schulz, Regine 2012. Figurale Bronzen ägyptischer und griechisch-römischer Art vom Jabal al-ʿAwd, Jemen. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 13: 1-90. |