Ja 253 TC 1572; Q 400; CSAI I, 512
Catalogue 2000: 373, cat.334
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.5 |
TEXT
1 Ys²rḥm
2 Mʿhr
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Washington, American Foundation for the Study of Man, TC 1572 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Alabaster; Stone |
| Measures | h. 17.7, w. 9.2, th. 6.3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 119-120 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
| Cleveland 1965: 57, pl. 77 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Catalogue 2000: 374, cat. 334 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |