al-Mazrūʿ 4
al-Mazrūʿ 2004: 123, fig. 1
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Riyāḍ, Museum, 1838 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Plaque » With figurative scene | ||||||||||
| Material | Bronze | ||||||||||
| Measures | h. 8, w. 7 | ||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | This bronze plaque, inscribed on all the sides of its framework, represents a moving animal in profile facing left. Although the animal is roughly depicted, the mane and the open jaws suggest that it is a lion. A tree (probably a palm tree) is represented in the middle of the animal’s back. The subject is similar to that of a plaque from ʿAmrān housed in the British Museum (CIH 72), although its style is much more rough and approximate. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: Royal palace S²kʿn |
| Notes | Provenance is unknown, and the object might also come from a region of the southern plateau. |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | al-Mazrūʿ 4 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |