HSM 1936.1.8
By kind permission of Harvard Semitic Museum
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Cambridge MA, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1936.1.8 |
| Notes | The object is part of a collection of nearly two hundred South Arabian items acquired by Harvard's Peabody Museum in 1935 and 1936 from a certain Israel Subeiri of Ṣanʿāʾ, through the anthropologist Professor Carlton S. Coon, at that time on the Harvard faculty. In 1936 the Harvard Semitic Museum purchased from the Peabody Museum a number of items in this collection. |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription | ||||
| Material | Stone | ||||
| Measures | h. 14.5, w. 33, th. 6 | ||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | Traces of red pigment on the surface. A letter ḫ (or a ʾ written upside-down) is written higher than the others at the end of the text. The sign is possibly to be interpreted as a family symbol. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | HSM 1936.1.8 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Link to epigraph record |