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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 1.5 (pedestal); 2.7 (base) |
TEXT
1 Ḥywnʿm
2 Ḏrḥn
Apparatus |
1 | on the stela base. | 2 | this line is above, on the figure's pedestal. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
Deposit | Aden, University Museum, UAM 31 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
Top | Convex |
Subject | Woman |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 16.3, w. base 10, th. 4-4.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
OriginModern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
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