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CIAS P 32/s 4/46.11
Simpson 2002: 117, fig. 124
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 69 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||||||||||||||
| Subject | Man | ||||||||||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 44.5, w. 27, th. 6 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Upper framework decorated with a frieze of three horned animal's heads (probably antelopes). In the central recessed field, between two inscribed raised bands, a male figure in profile facing left (to the viewer), with the right arm raised, the left one holding a long, narrow sword, with a crescentic pommel. The man, with short curly hair, wears a plain short-sleeved tunic, open at the front and a bracelet on the left wrist. A dagger is thrust in the belt at the waist. Low relief. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jūba) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | CIAS P 32/s 4/46.11 |
| Concordance | CSAI I, 295 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |