Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body |
Material | Silver |
Measures | h. 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). |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Notes | Probably from wādī Ḍuraʾ. |
Link to site record |
Kitchen 2009 | Kitchen, 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. |