Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 524 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||||
Top | Concave | ||||||
Subject | Bull head | ||||||
Material | Alabaster | ||||||
Measures | h. (of the head) 6, th. (of the stela) 4 | ||||||
Decoration |
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Notes on support and decorations | Fragment of stela with animal's muzzle well characterized: small horns detached from the slab with ring at their base, lateral eyes with multiple skin's folds and triangular element between the horns filled with wavy parallel lines, probably representing a tuft of hair. High relief. |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | Breton reports a provenance from Timnaʿ, hence we suppose that the object originates from its necropolis, Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl. |
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