THREE SOUTH ARABIAN FUNERARY ARTEFACTS IN THE NICHOLSON MUSEUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

In 2011 and 2012 the Nicholson Museum at The University of Sydney was bequeathed an alabaster head, an inscribed limestone socle, and an inscribed limestone stele, all three from Yemen and likely to have originated from the Ḥayd ibn ’Aqil necropolis near Tamna‘ in Qataban, a monumental cemetery of t...

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Published in:Mediterranean archaeology 2017-01, Vol.30, p.81-92
Main Author: O’Neill, D’arne
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Language:English
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Summary:In 2011 and 2012 the Nicholson Museum at The University of Sydney was bequeathed an alabaster head, an inscribed limestone socle, and an inscribed limestone stele, all three from Yemen and likely to have originated from the Ḥayd ibn ’Aqil necropolis near Tamna‘ in Qataban, a monumental cemetery of the first millennium bc. The three artefacts are typical South Arabian mortuary-related objects, most probably dating from approximately the second half of the first millennium bc to around the turn of the first millennium. Many other examples of such objects are known from the Ḥayd ibn ’Aqīl necropolis as well as from the Sabaean Awam cemetery near Marib and are elite memorializing and commemorative mortuary objects.
ISSN:1030-8482