UAM 26
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2-2.5 |
TEXT
1 Whbʾl
2 Ylġb
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 26 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Top | Concave |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 27.5, w. 9.2, th. stela 1.7, th. base 2.5 |
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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: 188 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |