CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


CIAS: i, 343

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

TEXT


   1  Nbʿt Ygr

Apparatus
1the name is probably female.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBaltimore, Walters Art Museum, 21.61 (Foster Collection)
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 26, w. 12, th. 12
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIAS: i, 343-344, photoBeeston, 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]
Antonini 2001: 56, pl. 19Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Schulz and Foster 2008: 106-107, pl. 12Schulz, Regine and Foster, Giraud V. (eds) 2008. Faces of Ancient Arabia. The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. Baltimore: Man and Lion Press and Walters Art Museum.