Y.05.B.B.27
Agostini 2021 a: 164, fig. 15
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
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GENERAL NOTES
| Agostini dates this inscription back to the 1st c. BCE - 1st c. CE. It was found in Islamic layers. |
TEXT
1 Bʿṯtr
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Barāqish, Museum, Storeroom |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 26, w. 15.5, th. 5.7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ |
| Notes | The stela was found in Islamic layers. A secondary deposition following the robbing of a funerary area such as the small extra-muros necropolis is thus possible (Agostini 2021 a). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Agostini 2021 a: 163-164, fig. 15 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |
| Antonini 2021: 184, fig. 23 | Antonini, Sabina 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Gli oggetti. Pages 172-186 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |