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Ja 431


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

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositRoma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”, n. inv. 12964/15976
NotesFormer number of the Museo Nazionale Romano: MNR 121054

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 18, l. 28
Decoration
TypeFramework » With abstract-figurative elements
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ibex
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureRecumbent
      ViewIn profile
Figurative subjectAnimal » Bull
      Part of animal bodyHead
      ViewFrontal
Notes on support and decorationsFragment of stela with framework in black alabaster (?). Visible the upper register with frieze with bucrania (two preserved) and one complete ibex decorating the framework.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (Shabwa governorate)
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1956 a: p. 54, n. 431, pl. VJamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Les antiquités sud-arabes du Museo Nazionale Romano. Monumenti antichi, 43: 1-120.