DhM 349
By kind permission of GOAM
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 349 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Situla | ||||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||||
| Measures | h. 7.5, th. about 0.3, d. 2.5 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Complete miniaturized situla with elongated handle. Snake, moving according to a vertical position, incised on the vessel. The head, and especially the eyes, are emphasized. Small incisions on the body to reproduce the skin. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
For comparison see the other objects also coming from Jahrān region: DhM 248, 350, 351. For similar examples coming from outside Dhamār, see: miniaturized anepigraphic situla from Marib, Awam necropolis, area A (n. inv. AW 97 A 1192); situla depicted in the bronze plaque Moussaieff 12 (Bron 2004: 122-125).
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | DhM 349 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2004 | Bron, François 2004. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques sur bronze. Pages 118-126 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Scripta Yemenica. Issledovanija po Južnoj Aravii. Sbornik naučnyh statej v čest' 60-letija M.B. Piotrovskogo. Moscow: Vostochna. |