South Arabian Art: Art History in Pre-Islamic Yemen. Orient & M�terran� 10.

Lediglich der Einband ist leicht berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Only the cover is slightly rubbed, otherwise an excellent and clean copy without annotations. - Table of Contents Foreword PREHISTORY The Neolithic Period (c. 8,000 - 3,000 BC) Rupes trian art The Bronze Age (3rd - 2nd Millennium BC) Rupestrian art Idols Stelae ANCIENT SOUTH ARABIAN PERIOD (8th - 4th Centuries BC) The Caravan Kingdoms Historical Context The figurative incisions on the temples of the Ban��Ad Plan and general features of the temples Organisation and style of the decorations The intra-muros temple dedicated to the god Aranyada ' at al-Sawd�/Nashsh�Iconography Significance Continuity and standardisation of the iconography Chronology Divinities and Religion The nature of South Arabian gods The language of symbols Questions about divine portraits Rituals Architectonic friezes and cult furnishing in the temples Geometric pattern Zoomorphic representation Celebratory and votive reliefs Alabaster votive stelae Stone funerary stelae Votive bronze plaques Bronze lions A human-headed winged ibex Sculptures in the round Stone statues. The ancestors Bronze statues BOX LANGUAGE AND WRITING MIDDLE SOUTH ARABIAN PERIOD (4th Century BC - 3rd Century AD) The Golden Age and the Period of the Fighting Kingdoms Historical context Signs of devotion Offerers and worshipers Funerary portraits Funerary and votive stelae Sabaean stelae Qatabanian stelae Minaean stelae Divinity or human? Complex storytelling on funerary or cultic stelae. Aspects of Greco-Roman inspiration combined with the vernacular idiom Votive stela dedicated to the goddess Shams The winged victory as a cultic image BOX JEWELLERY Classical imagery in local works The lion riders Two bronze feminine statues from Tamna Dhamar �alay Yuhabir and Tha �ran, Kings of Saba �and Dhu-Rayddn The Ghayman Horse Roman taste in household objects Imported artefacts A bust of Athena and a refined helmet Taste for luxuries from foreign lands BOX GLASSWARE The art of the architectonic relief. An iconographic convergence Gods and their symbols The eagle The mystic vase The gryphon Conclusions RECENT SOUTH ARABIAN PERIOD (3 d - 6,h Centuries AD) The Empire of Himyar Historical context Architecture, reliefs and artefacts Architectural elements and reliefs. Shadows of Christian devotion . Rethinking Hellenistic and Sassanid secular iconography The science of warfare The art of hunting The lion-bull combat Naturalistic designs The horoscope Considerations on the representation of the human figures Conclusions Afterword Bibliographical abbreviations Selected bibliography Prehistory Archaeology and history of art Religion Index of names Source of the figures Maps. ISBN 9782701803258