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CIH 37
Catalogue 2000: 313, fig. 147
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, VA 1 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework | ||||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 40.5, w. 92.5, th. 9 | ||||||||||||
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| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The upper framework shows an elaborate and symmetrical decoration in low relief: in the centre the monogram, placed between two date-palms in full fruit; on each sides of trees a pair of rectangular fields filled by horizontal grooves between which is a bull’s head with open horns and vegetal element. These lateral decorations are refined at the bottom with a row of dentils. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Bayt Dughaysh |
| Ancient site | Ḥdqn |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | CIH 37 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |