CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositPhiladelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, PM 30-47-78

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 4.7, w. 4.7, th. 2
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureRecumbent
Notes on support and decorationsLimestone small animal (probably a bull) crouched on a rectangular base. The body details are summarily sketched.
Legrain (1934: 84) thinks it may be a lion and suggests that the object was perhaps used as a weight or a toilette object.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Legrain 1934 b: 84, fig. 50Legrain, Léon 1934. Au pays de la reine de Saba. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6/11: 65-85.