CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Harvard Semitic Museum

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositCambridge MA, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1936.1.8
NotesThe object is part of a collection of nearly two hundred South Arabian items acquired by Harvard's Peabody Museum in 1935 and 1936 from a certain Israel Subeiri of Ṣanʿāʾ, through the anthropologist Professor Carlton S. Coon, at that time on the Harvard faculty. In 1936 the Harvard Semitic Museum purchased from the Peabody Museum a number of items in this collection.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 14.5, w. 33, th. 6
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeLetter Ḫ
Notes on support and decorationsTraces of red pigment on the surface.
A letter ḫ (or a ʾ written upside-down) is written higher than the others at the end of the text. The sign is possibly to be interpreted as a family symbol.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleHSM 1936.1.8
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic
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