Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 148 |
Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Architectural decoration | ||||||||||||||||
Material | Stone | ||||||||||||||||
Measures | h. 17.0, w. 12.0, th. 7.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Fragment of limestone panel with a mythical figure represented in high relief: a nude winged female figure, in frontal view, pressed by two very large feline paws. The woman legs and arms are not represented. This figure is interpretable as Siren of oriental origin (cf. Dentzer-Feydy 2009: 140). |
Modern site | Shabwa |
Ancient site | S²bwt |
Geographical area | Shabwa |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Dentzer-Feydy 2009: 140; 160, fig. 29 | Dentzer-Feydy, Jacqueline 2009. Le décor sculpté en pierre. Pages 131-164 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Fouilles de Shabwa IV. Shabwa et son contexte architectural et artistique du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IVe siècle après J.-C.. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 4. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 190). Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ / Beirut: Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient. |