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BM 130883 Ja 39
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
By kind permission of British Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 130883=1951,0407.2 |
| Notes | Bequeathed by Sir Antonin Besse (1877-1951). |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Top | Concave |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 32.5, w 18.4, th 14.1 (at the head?) |
| Notes on support and decorations | The stela was probably originally set in an inscribed base. It is carved from cream-coloured calcite-alabaster with orange bands. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1951: 172-173 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1951. Pièces anepigraphes sud-arabes d’Aden. Le Muséon, 64: 157-176. |
| Lombardi 2008: 182, no. 17 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |