Ja 2212
By kind permission of British Museum
- By kind permission of British Museum
- By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 117815=1925,0724.6 |
| Notes | Donated by Major B.R. French. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal | ||||||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 1.14, l. 1.87, 1.17 (seal face), th. 0.97 (seal face); wt. 3.5g | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | This bronze stamp-seal is pierced longitudinally with a triangular-shaped hole. The oval face, oriented horizontally, is engraved with a running animal (probably an ibex) and a three-pointed ridged back. The representation is very worn. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayḥān ad-Dawla |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Masūar |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 53 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
| Pickworth Wong 1999: 319, no. 128 | Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley). |