CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  Mʿdkrb ḏ-Ġrbm

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 141542=1985,0223.11
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 18.7, w. 30.3, th. 8.5
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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 1972: 53-54, pl. 15(facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206336#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Bron 2006: 191, fig. 3Bron, François 2006. Nouvelles antiquités qatabanites du British Museum. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 17: 190-200.