CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.5

TEXT


   1  (Ṣ)dqm S²hr

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 132182=1957,0416.14
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 7.3, w. 9.8, th 6.9
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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

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1958 a: 110, pl. IIRyckmans, Gonzague 1958. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Seizième série. Le Muséon, 71: 105-119.
Antonini 2001: 101, pl. 54Antonini, 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]