CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Catalogue 2000: 355, fig. 267

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

TEXT


   1  (q)yf Bḥrm ḏ-Bṭlm

Apparatus
1cursus left-right; peculiar shape of the letter ḥ in Bḥrm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Depositad-Dāliʿ, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (qyf)
SubjectHuman head
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 31.5, w. 27.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShukaʿ
Ancient siteS²kʿm
Geographical areaal-Ḍāliʿ
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini 2001: 108-109Antonini, 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]
Arbach 2001: 201, pl. 60Arbach, Mounir 2001. Annexe. Les inscriptions inédites. Pages 197–202 in Sabina Antonini. 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]