Wādī Ḍuraʾ 6B ATM 297
Simpson 2002: 206, figs. 305-307
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 297 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Lid | ||||||
| Material | Silver | ||||||
| Measures | d. 4.5 | ||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | "Le couvercle montre une bande plate avec le nom du dédicant. Au centre un rang d'oves encadre la tête de Méduse aux yeux et à la bouche doré, et aux cheveux rehaussés d'or par endroits" (Breton 1993: 25). |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar am-Dhaybiyya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḍura |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb 2 |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The Medusa motif is exceptional in Yemen. The origin of the object is difficult to determine, but the Greek-Roman influence is clear.
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | Wādī Ḍuraʾ 6B |
| Concordance | ATM 297 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Breton 1993 | Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. |