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SW-BA/I/4
Avanzini 2011: fig. 115
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Pillar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Pillar D of the gate of the temple, west face. From the top the sequence of the figurative motifs is the following (cf. Breton 2011: 36-37): vegetal elemnts (plants with long stem); standing ibexes in profile; chevrons; standing ibexes in profile; chevrons; spearheads; ostrich; interlaced snakes; chevrons; recumbent ibexes; frontal horned animal heads; two friezes of hanging vases; inscription; female standing figures; recumbent ibexes; chevrons; spearheads; recumbent antelopes (or gazelles); interlaced snakes. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Rṣf |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | SW-BA/I/4 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Breton 2011 | Breton, Jean-François (ed.) 2011. Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf d'as-Sawdâʾ. (Arabia Antica, 7). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |