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Ja 429


Front side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Front side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Back side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Right side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome
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Left side
By kind permission of Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 13002/16014
NotesFormer number of Museo Nazionale Romano: MNR 121092 (Zoli-Ansaldi Collection - 1933-)

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Lamp
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 1.7, w. 21.5
Notes on support and decorationsComplete lamp with triangular handle (with cavity) and eight cavities rectangular in shape.

Jamme (1956) interpreted the object as an altar for libations. The dimensions mentioned in Jamme are: w. 16,3, th. 4.5.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Shabwa governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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NOTES

According to P. D'Amore (2012) the object could be used by the Jewish Yemeni community.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pallottino 1938: p. 655Pallottino, Massimo 1938. Monumenti sud-arabici del Museo Nazionale Romano. Pages 651-657 in Atti del XIX Congresso Internazionale degli Orientalisti. Rome: Tipografia del Senato di G. Bardi.
Jamme 1956 a: p. 51, n. 429, pl. VJamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.
D'Amore 2012: p. 258, n. 107D'Amore, Paola 2012. Catalogo. Arredi cultuali. Pages 256-258 in Sabina Antonini, Paola D'Amore and Michael Jung (eds). Il trono della regina di Saba. Cultura e diplomazia fra Italia e Yemen. La Collezione Sudarabica del Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale. Rome: Artemide.