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CIH 704
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
Pirenne 1965: pl. IX/d
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, C.199.A |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (ṣwr) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Plaster | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 23, w. 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Rectangular stela with a male figure in profile, facing left, holding a bird in the right hand. The man wears a pleated short tunic. The human figure is placed under a pointed arch, decorated in the interior part by a row of ovoli and, in the exterior part, with a rope motif. The upper corners, between the framework and the arch, are filled by two rosettes. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
NOTES
| The stela is a plaster cast of an original which is in Bombay. Cast made by R.C.W. Ready, dated 23 June 1872. |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | CIH 704 |
| Concordance | RES 3123 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |