Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, B 7082 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework | ||||||||||||||||||||
Material | Stone | ||||||||||||||||||||
Measures | h. 40, w. 33, th. 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Decoration |
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Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Upper left fragment of a stela with an elaborate framework in high relief. The decoration consists, from the top, in a row of ibex's heads (preserved six heads), a row of rounded rectangular dentils, a panel of horizontal grooves and another row of flat dentils. At the left the framework preserves a standing ibex on plinth and the beginning of a second one. On the upper left corner a squared small panel shows a winged animal in profile. |
Modern site | Maʾrib |
Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The catalogue reports a provenance from Mārib. However, a doubt remains that the piece should rather come from a city of al-Jawf (cf. the cultural note). |
Link to site record |
Title | B 7082 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
Link to epigraph record |
Lanfranchi 2004 | Lanfranchi, Giovanni B. 2004. Mesopotamia e Arabia nelle iscrizioni reali assire. Pages 217-253 in Frederick M. Fales and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi (eds). Mesopotamia e Arabia. Scavi Archeologici e Studi Territoriali delle Università Trivenete (1994-1998). Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti. |