Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum |
Notes | When Pirenne took the photograph in 1972, the object was kept in the village of Ẓafār. However, in the CIAS she writes "entré au Musée de Ṣanʿāʾ". |
Support type | Artefact » Slab | ||||||||
Material | Stone | ||||||||
Measures | h. 21, w. 41 | ||||||||
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Notes on support and decorations | The representation is divided in two registers. The upper one shows the lower part of three mythical animals, composed by the bust of an animal bursting from a bunch of leaves. The lower register, next to the inscription, represents the zodiac sign of the Virgo: a woman with a long dress holding ears of corn in the right hand and a cornucopia in the left hand. On the left, a Libra (according to the interpretation of the same figurative element in CIAS 43.11/s 8/R 82 n° 1 in Garbini 1970 c: 439-440) occupies the two registers, one of the mythical animal is represented between its two arms. |
Modern site | Ẓafār |
Ancient site | Ẓfr |
Geographical area | Ẓafār |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Title | CIAS 43.11/s 8/R 82 n° 2 |
Concordance | Ẓafar 56 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic |
Link to epigraph record |
Garbini 1970 c: 439-440 | Garbini, Giovanni 1970. Un oroscopo himyarita. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30: 439-446, pl. I, II. |