CIAS P 45/s 4/46.11 CSAI I, 300
Catalogue 2000: 353, fig. 253
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 Brlt ḏt byt ʿmḥẓr bn Qs³mm
2 w-Bḥtn bnt ʾmt ʿm((ʾmtʿm))
| 2 | ʾmtʿm could be the name of the mother of Brlt. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 71 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Woman |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 53, w. 34, th. 5.5 |
| Link to object record |
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. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
If the interpretation of the text is correct, Brlt is the daughter of a priestess of the god ʿm (ʾmt ʿm).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 425-428, 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] |
| Catalogue 2000: 350, cat. 253 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |
| Avanzini 2004 b: 151 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. The 'Stèles à la déesse': problems of interpreting and dating. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 27: 145-152. |