Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 163 |
Support type | Artefact » Architectural element » Architectural decoration | ||
Material | Marble | ||
Measures | h. 8.5, w. 8.5, th. 3.5 | ||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Fragment of marble slab decorated in low relief. At the bottom a frieze with a very stylized vegetal motif is visible (vine scroll or ivy). It is difficult to specify the exact function of this fragment; it can have been part of a decorative architectural panel. |
Modern site | Shabwa |
Ancient site | S²bwt |
Geographical area | Shabwa |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Dentzer-Feydy 2009: 142; 162, fig. 37 | 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. |