CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Avanzini 2011: fig. 114

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Pillar
MaterialStone
Decoration
Figurative subjectPlant » Vegetal element
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ibex
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureStanding
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Figurative subjectGeometric motif » Chevron
Figurative subjectWeapon » Spearheads
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ostrich
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureMoving
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Figurative subjectAnimal » Snake
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ibex
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureRecumbent
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Figurative subjectAnimal » Horned animal
      Part of animal bodyHead
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Figurative subjectVessel » Vase
Figurative subjectHuman figure
      GenderWoman
      Part of human bodyComplete figure
      Human gestureStanding
      Human clothes and attributesTunic
      Human jewelleryNecklace
      Human weaponSpear, Curved stick
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Figurative subjectAnimal » Antelope
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureRecumbent
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Notes on support and decorationsPillar C of the gate of the temple, west face. From the top the sequence of the figurative motifs is the following (cf. Breton 2011: 36-37): vegetal elements (plants with long stem); standing ibexes in profile; chevrons; standing ibexes in profile; chevrons; spearheads; ostrich; interlaced snakes; chevrons; recumbent ibexes; frontal horned animal heads; two friezes of hanging vases; inscription; female standing figures; recumbent ibexes; chevrons; spearheads; recumbentantelopes (or gazelles); interlaced snakes.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Rṣf
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleSW-BA/I/3
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 2011Breton, Jean-François (ed.) 2011. Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf d'as-Sawdâʾ. (Arabia Antica, 7). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.