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B 7082
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DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, B 7082 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Stone | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 40, w. 33, th. 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Upper left fragment of a stela with an elaborate framework in high relief. The decoration consists, from the top, in a row of ibex's heads (preserved six heads), a row of rounded rectangular dentils, a panel of horizontal grooves and another row of flat dentils. At the left the framework preserves a standing ibex on plinth and the beginning of a second one. On the upper left corner a squared small panel shows a winged animal in profile. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The catalogue reports a provenance from Mārib. However, a doubt remains that the piece should rather come from a city of al-Jawf (cf. the cultural note). |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This stela shows some typical south Arabian decoration motifs, such as the horizontal grooves and dentils and the ibex. However, original elements are the particular type of oval elements in relief, and the insertion of the frontal ibex on plinth in high relief on the lateral framework. On the upper left corner, a winged animal, with a circular element incised above the paws. This is also found on another winged animal depicted on a fragmentary bronze relief from Shabwa (Lanfranchi 2004: 250, fig. 5).
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | B 7082 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lanfranchi 2004 | Lanfranchi, Giovanni B. 2004. Mesopotamia e Arabia nelle iscrizioni reali assire. Pages 217-253 in Frederick M. Fales and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi (eds). Mesopotamia e Arabia. Scavi Archeologici e Studi Territoriali delle Università Trivenete (1994-1998). Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti. |