UPC 39
Kitchen 2009: 255, figs 8-9/14; 258, fig. 10/14
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Box | ||||||||||||||||
| Material | Silver | ||||||||||||||||
| Measures | h. 7, d. 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | "The lid shows in raised relief a mother-goddess suckling an infant and wielding a thyrsos in her right hand. She has narrow, twisted locks of hair. Around the box, three men contend with lions. One waves a dead animal at a charging lion; a second brandishes a club while holding off a lion with his round shield; and the third fights another lion with spear and round shield. A rosette fills the base of the piece." (Kitchen 2009: 247). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | Probably from wādī Ḍuraʾ. |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | UPC 39 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Kitchen 2009 | Kitchen, Kenneth A. 2009. A glimpse of the wealth of the Shabwa nobility at the fall of the kingdom of Hadramawt. Pages 243-275 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Fouilles de Shabwa IV. Shabwa et son contexte architectural et artistique du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IVe siècle après J.-C.. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 4. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 190). Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ / Beirut: Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient. |