Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 2.5 |
Deposit | New Haven CT, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University, Yale Babylonian Collection, YBC 02421 |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 3.5 (base), 7 (all), w. 10, th. 9 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | The museum catalogue reports a provenance from Timnaʿ, hence we suppose that the object originates from its necropolis, Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl. |
Link to site record |
Renfroe 1990: 161, photo | Renfroe, Fred 1990. South Arabian Inscriptions in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Le Muséon, 103: 155-165. |