Deposit | Bombay, Museum, Bom 3 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (mʿmr) | ||||||||||||||
Subject | Woman | ||||||||||||||
Material | Marble | ||||||||||||||
Measures | h. 27, w. 18 | ||||||||||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | This representation differs from the others of similar subject as the figure holds a bird instead of ears of corn. Tunic decorated with two lateral and vertical embroidered tapes. Shapely figure, with prominent abdomen. The head was probably protruding from the upper limit of the slab. Face rounded and hair ending in two lateral long curls. Lower semicircle-shaped limit of the bust defined by a twisted band. High relief. |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context |
Link to site record |
Title | CIAS P 47/p 2/97.71 |
Concordance | RES 2646; Q 9; CSAI I, 303 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Link to epigraph record |