Late Himyarite Vulture Reliefs

"During field research in Yemen, two reliefs came to light which depict vultures. The meaning of the Semitic nashr/nishr is discussed in relation to these reliefs. They show a hitherto unknown Artistic style in South Arabia which dates round 500 CE."

Author(s):	Yule, Paul
URL:	http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/volltexte/2008/111/
Format:	Article
Publisher:	Propylaeum-DOK
Source:	Arabia 3, 2005-06 [2007], 261–271, Figs. 157–169 on p. 358–363
Subject(s):	Arabia, Yemen
Permalink:	http://etana.library.vanderbilt.edu/node/10919

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