CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
MaterialSilver
Measuresh. 17.8, w. 14.3
Notes on support and decorations"Bust of Dionysus. The head and chest of a youth who has ivy-leaves and grapes in his hair" (Kitchen 2009: 253).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
NotesProbably from wādī Ḍuraʾ.
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kitchen 2009Kitchen, Kenneth A. 2009. A glimpse of the wealth of the Shabwa nobility at the fall of the kingdom of Hadramawt. Pages 243-275 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Shabwa et son contexte architectural et artistique du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IVe siècle après J.-C.. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 4. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ / Beirut: Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient.