Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Measure of letters | 2 |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mqf) |
Top | Concave |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 10.5, w. 12.1, th. 3.2 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | According to Jamme, this inscription might come from the sanctuary of Rṣfm, dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn and located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1952 a: 207 | Jamme, 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: 57-58, pl. 77 | Cleveland, 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. |