altar
- Museum number
- 135756
- Description
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Five fragments of a copper alloy altar, four of which join; fragments of sphinx decoration cast in relief, each facing the front.
- Production date
- 1stC BC-1stC
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres (max)
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Height: 38 centimetres (overall)
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Width: 19.50 centimetres (max)
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Width: 26.50 centimetres (overall)
- Curator's comments
- Compare with 1970-0604.1-2 (BM.135323-135324).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2000 26 Sept-2001 7 Jan, Torino, Palazzo Bricherasio, 'La Regina di Saba, Arte e Leggenda Dallo Yemen'
2000 4 Apr-30 Jun, Rome, Fondazione Memmo, Palazzo Ruspoli, 'Nel paese della Regina di Saba'
1999 7 Jul-2000 9 Jan, München, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, 'Im Land der Königin von Saba'
1998 9 Nov-1999 21 Feb, Vienna, Künstlerhaus, 'Jemen. Kunst und Archäologie im Land der Königin von Saba'
1997 20 Oct-1998 28 Feb, France, Paris, Musee de L’Institut du Monde Arabe, Yemen, Pays de la Reine de Saba
- Acquisition date
- 1972
- Acquisition notes
- Deposited by G. Turner on behalf of Christie's on 24 July 1972 (deposit book entry 2838). Christies catalogue 12/7/72, lot 196.
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 135756
- Registration number
- 1972,1101.1.a-e