YM 18352
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 84, cat. 53
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18352 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework | ||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 103, w. 58, th. 13 | ||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The structure of the stela recalls a false window. Note the motif with the circular elements, as those recurring in the Banāt ʿĀd decorations. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Notes | The editors maintains Jidfir ibn Munaykhir as the site of provenance, because the stela is part of a group of pieces acquired by the GOAM as coming from illegal excavation in the site. However, we accept Schiettecatte's suggestion that some of these stelae most probably come from the nearby sites of Kharibat Saʿūd and al-Asāḥil (see Schiettecatte 2011: 49, n.25 for the argumentation). In this text, both towns are mentioned. |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | YM 18352 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schiettecatte 2011: 49 | Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2011. D'Aden à Zafar. Villes d'Arabie du Sud préislamique. (Orient et Méditerranée, 6). Paris: de Boccard. |