CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: pl.77/tc1654
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.5

TEXT


   1  ʿmwṯn
   2  Rḥḥn

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositPittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, TC 1654
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Aniconic stela
TopConvex
MaterialAlabaster; Stone
Measuresh. 21, w. 8, th. 6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1952 a: 167Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires.
Cleveland 1965: 57, pl. 77Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.