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Analysis of cultural influences on South Arabian art highlights significant elements from foreign origins, indicating unique artistic development.
In the early 1st mill. CE South Arabian art shows a clear influence from Hellenistic-Roman models in many aspects of its material culture. Later, elements of Early Byzantine, Abyssinian and Sassanian origin can be detected. This is reflected by imports, but also by the intensive examination, adoption and transformation of foreign elements which led to an independent and unique art.
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