CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

PM 30-47-56


By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositPhiladelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, PM 30-47-56

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Beehive-shaped vessel
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 13.5, d. 12.8/6; lid: h. 5.5
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Lion
      Part of animal bodyHead
      ViewFrontal
Figurative subjectAnimal » Lion
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureRecumbent
Notes on support and decorationsThis beehive-shaped vessel has a slender body, concave base and unperforated projecting handles with lion heads. Its tall and heavy lid ends with a crouching lion. Surface well polished.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Legrain 1934 b: 84, fig. 36Legrain, Léon 1934. Au pays de la reine de Saba. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6/11: 65-85.
Hassel 1997: 272, figs 17/J11, 19Hassel, Jonathan 1997. Alabaster Beehive-Shaped Vessels. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 8/2: 245-281.