CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Avanzini 2011: fig. 92

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With plain gutter
MaterialStone
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ibex
      Animal gestureRecumbent
      ViewFrontal
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyHead
      ViewFrontal
Figurative subjectMonogram
      Resolved monogramS¹mhyfʿ Ys¹rn
Chronology
PeriodAncient
Notes on support and decorationsOffering table outside the temple. The monogram and the bull's heads are inscribed on the west face. The gutter and the two ibexes in high relief are on the south face. The recumbent ibexes are placed on a stepped base.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Rṣf
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 2011: 53, fig. 92Avanzini, Alessandra 2011. Les inscriptions. (Chapitre 4). Pages 43-55 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf d'as-Sawdâʾ. (Arabia Antica, 7). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.