Haram 41 CIH 795; RES 3302; M 5
Robin 1992 a: pl.14/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
GENERAL NOTES
| The text is Minaic or Sabaic. According to Pirenne 1956: 297, this stela is archaic (style A). The decoration with eyes also points to an ancient date for the object. |
TEXT
1 Nbʿt
| Irregular writing. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, VAN 597=VA 3 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 18 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Hamdān |
| Ancient site | Hrm |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 111, pl. 14/a | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
| Pirenne 1956 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Rossi 2022: 289-290 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |