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Source Description
This miniature libation table served as funerary equipment, with its bull's head symbolizing the renewal of life after death. In the Awwam cemetery at Marib, many tombs contained such miniature objects. Some represent objects of daily life and some ritual instruments like this.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
76504
label
Miniature Offering Table
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
76504
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Miniature Offering Table
description
This miniature libation table served as funerary equipment, with its bull's head symbolizing the renewal of life after death. In the Awwam cemetery at Marib, many tombs contained such miniature objects. Some represent objects of daily life and some ritual instruments like this.
provenance
Sotheby's, London, between 1963 and 1971; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, between 1963 and 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
date
6th-4th century BCE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
votive offerings
tables
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2
height
4.7
depth
6.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 13/16 x W: 1 7/8 x D: 2 5/8 in. (2 x 4.7 x 6.6 cm)
Source extras
med
limestone
creator_ids
15549
collection_ids
SAY
exhibition_ids
2002
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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