CIAS P 45/s 4/98.Fr CSAI I, 301
CIAS: i, 429
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 Rṯdm ḏt [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 21.73 (Foster Collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Woman |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 29.5, w. 23, th. 7.2 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 429-431, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Avanzini 2004 b: 151 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. The 'Stèles à la déesse': problems of interpreting and dating. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 27: 145-152. |
| Schulz and Foster 2008: 113-114, pl. 29 | Schulz, Regine and Foster, Giraud V. (eds) 2008. Faces of Ancient Arabia. The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. Baltimore: Man and Lion Press and Walters Art Museum. |