Sem 125
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 125 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework | ||||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||
| Measures | h. 25, w. 27.5, th. 8.5 | ||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Lower fragment of an alabaster slab with lateral framework of recumbent and symmetrical ibexes, viewed in profile. Two ibexes on the right side and two and a half on the left side are preserved. The framework is composed by superimposed squared recesses with an ibex inside, carved in low relief. The animals show curved horns, rather small in comparison to other examples of this kind of object. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1899: 58, pl. XII | Müller, David H. (ed.) 1899. Südarabische Altertümer im Kunsthistorischen Hofmuseum. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. [Im Auftrage und mit Unterstützung des Oberstlämmerer-Amtes seiner K. und K. Apost. Majestät] |
| Grohmann 1914: 60, fig. 155 | Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder. |
| Nielsen 1927: 168, fig. 61 | Nielsen, Ditlef (ed.) 1927. Die altarabische Kultur. Ditlef Nielsen, Handbuch der altarabischen Altertumskunde. 1. Copenhagen: A. Busck. |