Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 261 |
Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 296-7 |
Support type | Artefact » Container » Bowl |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 12.5, d. 36.5 |
Notes on support and decorations | "Grand bassin sans décor ni inscription. Le pied (diamètre de l'attache: 6,5 cm) ainsi qu'une anse ont disparu" (Breton 1993: 27). |
Modern site | Hajar am-Dhaybiyya |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḍura |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
Notes | The artifact was discovered in the tomb 3. |
Link to site record |
Proposed dating: end of 3d century AD |
Breton 1993: 27, cat. 20, pl. 26/78 | Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |
Simpson 2002: 206-207, cat. 313 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |