BM 134637
By kind permission of British Museum
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 1.8 |
TEXT
1 Ḥlrm ḏ-Hrn
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 134637=1965,0413.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 42.8, w. 19.2, th. 6.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lombardi 2008: 171 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |