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Bronze hand

This bronze hand was an offering left in a temple as a pious…
Bronze statuette of a bull

This bull was cast in bronze over a central core of clay. It…
Calcite relief with the head of an oryx

During the later part of the first millennium BC and into th…
Calcite statue of a seated woman

This seated female figure may have been left in a temple as …
Carved stone slab (stela) with a standing woman

This stela was probably originally either used as a grave st…
Gold terminal in the form of a bull's head

It is rare for jewellery to survive from ancient South Arabi…
Inscribed bronze ass

During the first millennium BC and into the Roman period a p…
Arabian bronze hand

The right hand was probably a symbol of good fortune, to war…
Silver dirham coin

This dirham was struck by al-Malik al-Ashraf Ismail, the pow…
Coffee cups

The national drink in Yemen is called qishr . It is made fro…
Incense burners

Incense is an expensive commodity that has been traded and u…
Calcite statue of a standing female figure

Calcite sculptures such as this are typical of South Arabia,…
Water vessel

This unglazed water vessel ( sharbat al-'arus ) traditionall…
Gold dinar coin

This dinar was struck in the highlands of Yemen, ruled at th…
Bronze altar to Rahmaw

This fragmentary altar is made of bronze and is cast in reli…
Bronze head of a man

This exceptional piece is evidence of the great skill of Sou…
Bronze incense burner

This incense burner was made by casting bronze on a clay cor…
Calcite funerary head

This head was originally placed inside a tomb. The eyes and …
Calcite incense burner

This is an incense burner with an inscription in Minaean, on…
Calcite incense burner showing a camel rider

This is an incense burner with an inscription in Sabaean, on…
Calcite panel with bull’s head

This calcite panel is a votive object, left in a temple in t…
Calcite relief with a portrait of Ghalilat

This calcite slab was either a gravestone or was deposited i…
Inscribed cast bronze tablet

This cast bronze tablet was probably placed in a temple as a…
Limestone figurine

The southern Arabians had a monopoly on two of the most priz…
Limestone sculpture of an ibex

During the first millennium BC and into the Roman period a p…