MIbb 3
By kind permission of GOAM
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ibb, Museum, MIbb 3 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body | ||||||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 23, w. 14 | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Bronze bust representing Athena. The goddess wears the helmet and a tunic decorated with the classic motifs of the shield: the snakes and a head of Gorgon. The inscription is engraved around the neck. In Simpson 2002 the artefact is dated at the 3rd century BC; also in the Catalogue 2000 the bust is dated at the 3rd-2nd century BC. The recent stylistic study by Fleischer and Schulz points instead to a dating at the end of the 1st BC - 1st AD. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-ʿAwd |
| Ancient site | ʿwdm |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-ʿAwd |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
According to the editors, the bust belongs to the group of objects imported from the Graeco-Hellenistic world. The goddess Athena is represented on three objects from jabal al-ʽAwd: in addition to the present bust, she appears on a statuette and on a small stone relief.
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | MIbb 3 |
| 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: 17-23, figs. 14-16 | 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. |