CIAS P 22/s 4/46.11 n° 1 CSAI I, 293
CIAS: i, 407
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 [... ... bn Qs³m]m w-Bḥtn
| 1 | see CIAS P 22/s 4/46.11 n° 2 and CIAS P 45/s 4/46.11 for the integration of the first family name. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 399 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 59, w. 31, th. 5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | Qs³mm and Bḥtn appear together in a group of texts from wādī al-Jūba. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 405-407, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Lombardi 2008: 183 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |