Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 533 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 13.5, w. 12, th. 3 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | Breton reports a provenance from Timnaʿ, hence we suppose that the object originates from its necropolis, Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl. |
Link to site record |
Breton 2000 a: 867-868, fig. 11 | Breton, Jean-François 2000. Shabwa (Yémen). Traditions sémitiques, influences extériores (III s. av. - III s. ap. J.-C.). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, 2: 849-882. |