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CIAS P 45/s 4/46.11
Catalogue 2000: 353, fig. 253
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 71 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief | ||||||||||||||||
| Subject | Woman | ||||||||||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 53, w. 34, th. 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Pleated dress bordered with a flat tape at the neck opening and at the sleeves. Facial features well characterized: rounded face, wavy hair with central parting, almond-shaped eyes and incised eyebrows, wide nose, very small mouth and a neckline. Head slightly protruding from the upper limit of the slab. Lower semicircle-shaped limit of the bust defined by a grooved band. High relief. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown (wādī al-Jūba) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | Qs³mm and Bḥtn appear together in a group of texts from wādī al-Jūba. |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | CIAS P 45/s 4/46.11 |
| Concordance | CSAI I, 300 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |