CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1957 a: pl. IV
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.7

TEXT


   1  Ḏrʾkrb Mdrrm

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositOxford, The Ashmolean Museum, Ash 1954-752
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 28, w. (base) 8.8
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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

Jamme 1957 a: 194-95, pl. IVJamme, Albert W.F. 1957. Antiquités funéraires épigraphiques qatabanites. Cahiers de Byrsa, 7: 189-195.
Grohmann 1963: 222-223, pl. XVI/3Grohmann, Adolf 1963. Kulturgeschichte des alten Orients. Arabien. (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft, 1.3.3.4). Munich: C.H. Beck.
Antonini 2001: 92, pl. 45Antonini, 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]