Deposit | Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, PM 30-47-55 |
Support type | Artefact » Container » Beehive-shaped vessel | ||||
Material | Alabaster | ||||
Measures | h. 16, d. 17/6 | ||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Typical beehive-shaped vessel as classified by J. Hassel. The base is recessed; the rim is in the form of rounded lip; the two symmetrical unperforated handles are in form of couching lions. Surface very worn. In the photographs published in Legrain and Hassel, this vessel is completed by its lid. |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Legrain 1934 b: 84, fig. 37 | Legrain, Léon 1934. Au pays de la reine de Saba. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6/11: 65-85. |
Hassel 1997: 271, figs 17/J10, 18 | Hassel, Jonathan 1997. Alabaster Beehive-Shaped Vessels. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 8/2: 245-281. |