A New Interpretation of the So-Called South Arabian House Model

Beek, Gus W. Van

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“…The picture taken by Van Beek shows the section with the frustum‐ or cone‐shaped motif's decorated fascia pointing upwards. The hypothesis that the decoration could represent the façade of a building was shared by D. Krencker (1913), A. Grohmann (1927), C. Rathjens and H. von Wissmann (1932) and Van Beek (1959). The object was discussed by J. Pirenne (1965, 1967), with reference to the reconstruction of the Dar al‐Bayda (Mārib) throne.…”

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“…The first example of the description and identification of a stone slab decorated in the classical ‘palace façade’ scheme can be found in Messerschmidt (Van Beek 1959). In 1907 he described a panel (99 × 66.5 × 6 cm) in storage since 1882 in the Istanbul Museum (Van Beek 1959: table 69, fig. 1) as a ‘palace façade’.…”

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“…Fakhry interpreted this as the schematic representation of a stone building. Parallelepiped‐shaped blocks may be offering altars (given the presence of bull hoofs at the base) or miniature models of buildings (drawing in Fakhry 1952/I: 128, figs 80–81, although the piece is represented upside down, rather than as Pirenne proposes, with hoofs at the base; photograph in Van Beek 1959: table 69, fig. 2).…”

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Architectural decorations from the private buildings in the Market Square at Tamn

Loreto¹

2008

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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The architectural decorations in pre‐Islamic Yemen feature a wide and heterogeneous range of materials. Their many functions cover different fields: domestic, religious, funeral architecture, grave goods (particularly censers and furnishings) and, last but not least, epigraphs. Thus the study of this class of materials requires a two‐fold approach: on the one hand to identify and understand the various ornamental motifs in themselves; on the other to study which types of decorative motifs were applied in various circumstances, and hence what it is that links them to each other and to the structure they adorn. This work aims to provide a foundation for a thorough study of the decorative motifs on stonework in various contexts. We begin by defining the use of architectural decorations in the domestic sphere. The archaeological context of the Market Square at Tamna‘ is particularly suitable, in view of the number of houses brought to light, the amount of related materials found and, above all, because it represents a coherent urban context over a specific period of time.

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