Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||
Subject | Human face | ||||
Material | Stone | ||||
Measures | h. 32, th. 4 | ||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Stela with human face in high relief with protruding ears and forehead, curtain beard and large and deep eye-sockets.The width of 6 cm (according to Antonini and Agostini 2010: 21) could be an error: probably 16 cm. |
Modern site | Barāqish |
Ancient site | Yṯl |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | The stela was found during the excavations in the necropolis in area D. |
Link to site record |
Title | B.06.D.O./24 |
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
Link to epigraph record |
Antonini and Agostini 2010 | Antonini, Sabina and Agostini, Alessio 2010. A Minaean necropolis at Barāqish (Jawf, Republic of Yemen). Preliminary report of the 2005-2006 archaeological campaigns. With an appendix by Paola Pagano. (Reports and Memoirs. New series, 9). Rome: IsIAO. |