CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Avanzini 2004 b: 151

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

TEXT


   1  ʾbws³l ḏt Yʿd

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 284
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief
SubjectWoman
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 34, w. 26
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern sitean-Nuqūb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1993: 40-41, pl. 21/63Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Avanzini 2004 b: 151Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. The 'Stèles à la déesse': problems of interpreting and dating. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 27: 145-152.