CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Kitchen 2009: 261, fig. 17/20; 268, fig. 27/20 (drawing)

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Strainer
MaterialSilver
Measuresh. 3.7, d. 8.1
Decoration
Figurative subjectPlant » Vegetal element
Notes on support and decorations"On the rim 6 flower-buds on stalks (forming a rosette), and 14 triangles formed by the perforations" (Kitchen 2009: 249).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍura
CountryYemen
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleUPC 16
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
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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.