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CIAS 47.10/r 3/c 82
By kind permission of GOAM
photo of NAM 2407
photo of NAM 2407
By kind permission of GOAM
photo of NAM 2407
photo of NAM 2407
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2407 |
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 715 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | top: h. 19, w. 35.5; bottom: h. 38, w. 23.5, th. 13.2 |
| Notes on support and decorations | According to the reconstruction by J. Pirenne, the text was engraved in a highly prestigious object: "Sur une base parallélépidique était fixé un plateau de pierre, massif et de plan carré. Sur le dessus: un mamelon, au sommé coupé horizontalement. Autour, en creux, une bande où cinq trous marques la place de tenons. Ceux-ci devaient servir à fixer ... un revêtement de métal, vraisemblablement de bronze, s'encastrant dans le creux circulaire ... Il paraît beaucoup plus vraisemblable que cette base ait porté une figure divine, posée sur ce mamelon ... Si l'on imagine un eagle ... on obtient un ensemble dont les proportions sont harmonieuse". |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Saylān |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾnby bʿl Ḥgn |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | CIAS 47.10/r 3/c 82 |
| Concordance | RES 3540; Q 35; CSAI I, 116 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Link to epigraph record |