YM 1131
Catalogue 2000: 358, fig. 272
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 1131 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with scene (ṣwr) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Measures | h. 33, w. 32, th. 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notes on support and decorations | Stela with hunting scene, arranged on three recessed panels. The storytelling begins from the right panel that shows an ibex assaulted by a dog. The central panel represents the hunter (probably the deceased mentioned in the inscription), which exhibits an ibex head. The man wears a short skirt, a headgear with long tail, arch and quiver. A third panel shows a smaller human figure represented in frontal view. Above this scene another larger panel with remains of animal’s legs is visible. The inscription is carved on the upper left corner. Low and rather flat relief. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The scene represented in this funerary stela probably alludes to the holy hunting.
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | YM 1131 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |