CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositDhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 366

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 1.4, w. 5.6, th. 0.1
Decoration
Figurative subjectGeometric motif
Notes on support and decorationsFragmentary (?) object, probably part of an amulet, with the shape of a wave, thin in section and with incised letters on the surface. In the middle a decoration composed of a series of elongated fields filled by vertical or oblique lines. The same filling appears inside the letters. Cast.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Ḥadāʾ
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

This object can be compared to the bronze plaque 31.300.1974 (Rathjens 1955, 263, photo n. 487).

EPIGRAPHS

TitleDhM 366
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rathjens 1955Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.