Ghul-YU 5 AM 60.1236
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | about 2.5 |
TEXT
1 mʿmr Ḫmlt Ḏrḥn
| 1 | The statue is probably a woman. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 610=AM 60.1236 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure (mʿmr) |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | 57.5, w. 25, th. 15.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Notes | The object probably comes from a funerary context. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Hayajneh 2000: 243-244, fig. 5 | Hayajneh, Hani 2000. Altsüdarabisches aus dem Nachlass Mahmud al-Ghul. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 11/2: 237-251. |