Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal |
Material | Semiprecious stone |
Measures | h. 0.43, l. 1.5 (face), 1.7 (reverse), w. 1.53 (face), 1.52 (reverse); wt. 2g |
Decoration |
Figurative subject | Animal » Elephant | Part of animal body | Complete figure | Animal gesture | Moving | View | In profile | Figurative subject | Human figure | Gender | Man | Part of human body | Complete figure | Human gesture | Riding | View | In profile |
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Notes on support and decorations | A carnelian oval ring bezel, striated in horizontal plane, polished and flat on obverse and reverse, with the edges chamfered out from the carved face. The bezel, oriented vertically, depicts a man riding an elephant in profile above an inscription. |
Cohen 1934: 55-56, pl. XIV/36 | Cohen, Marcel 1934. Documents sudarabiques. Paris: Adrien-Maisonneuve.
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Harding 1971: 532, 757, 758 | Harding, G. Lankester 1971. An index and concordance of pre-Islamic Arabian names and inscriptions. (Near and Middle East series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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Ryckmans, Jacques 1955 | Ryckmans, Jacques 1955. L’origine et l’ordre des lettres de l’alphabet éthiopien. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 12/1: 2-8.
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