Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Inscription on the base of the object. |
The last name could also be read Ṭrḥn or Brḥn ("il est peu vraisemblable que Ḏrḥn soit le grand lignage qatabānite", Robin 1993: 73); it could be the craftsman's signature. |
Deposit | ʿAtaq, Museum |
Support type | Artefact » Base » Of altar |
Material | Bronze |
Measures | h. 19, d. 15.7 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar am-Dhaybiyya |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḍura |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb 3 |
Link to site record |
Breton 1993: 30-31 | Breton, 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. |
Robin and Bāfaqīh 1993: 73 | Robin, Christian J. and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Les inscriptions sur les objets. Pages 71-75 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. |