r/ArtefactPorn • u/Shammar-Yahrish • 5h ago

Statue of King Dhamar Ali Yahbur, ruler of the Himyarite Kingdom (Yemen). 100–120 CE (960 x 566)

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u/tooblum 4h ago

Hot king alert

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u/Shammar-Yahrish 4h ago

Bro was mogging so hard he took over all surrounding kingdoms under his reign.

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u/Jokerang 2h ago

Always very interesting to see pre-Islamic art from Arabia. Palmyran examples are probably the most known and widespread, but I’ve seen some Yemeni examples like this one that artistically are very intriguing.

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u/Shammar-Yahrish 2h ago

ikr, we can clearly see greek influnce to a degree, there are actually 2 statues of him both posing as if they hold a long stick similar to Zeus with a Scepter.