| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 337, w. 70, th. 50 |
| Decoration |
| Type | Framework » With geometric elements | | Figurative subject | Geometric motif » Zigzag lines |
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| Decoration |
| Type | Framework » With abstract-figurative elements | | Figurative subject | Animal » Ibex | | Part of animal body | Complete figure | | Animal gesture | Recumbent | | View | In profile | | Figurative subject | Monogram | | Resolved monogram | Yhzḥ Rdʿn |
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| Decoration |
| Figurative subject | Animal » Horned animal | | Part of animal body | Head | | View | Frontal | | Figurative subject | Geometric motif » Circular elements | | Figurative subject | Human figure | | Gender | Woman | | Part of human body | Complete figure | | Human gesture | Standing | | Human clothes and attributes | Long skirt, Bodice crossed on the chest | | Human jewellery | Necklace | | Human weapon | Spear, Curved stick | | View | Frontal | | Figurative subject | Animal » Ostrich | | Part of animal body | Complete figure | | Animal gesture | Moving | | View | In profile | | Figurative subject | Weapon » Spearheads |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Five fragments belonging to the same decorated pillar. The field is occupied by different figurative friezes in low relief framed by zigzag lines and recumbent ibexes, specular and in profile. From the top: not recognizable scene; series of horned animal heads; double row of circular elements; 5 female figures standing on pedestals decorated with zigzag lines; two-lines inscription; ostriches; spearheads. The registers are divided by wavy lines placed horizontally. The women are depicted in the same position with a long spear in the right hand and a curved stick in the left hand. They wear a long skirt with geometric motifs and a bodice crossed on the chest. The ostriches are moving towards the centre of the representation from opposite positions: two of them join themselves through the muzzles and two legs which are hidden below the feathering of the animal placed on the opposite. In the framework with ibexes, monogram made of two letters (y and h - probably the monogram of Yhzḥ Rdʿn) with a horizontal element at the base on which stays a horned animal. This kind of decorated monogram is attested here for the first time. |