Antonini Stela 2
Antonini 2005: 309, pl. 1/b
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 Rṯd
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | This and three other fragmentary stelae, of which only the representation of the human face remains, were found reemployed in modern buildings covering the previous islamic ones, which lied on the structures of the Baraqish temple A (dedicated to the god Nkrḥ). Antonini remarks that they could come from the very temple as well as from a necropolis situated near Baraqish. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini 2005: 308-309, pl. 1/b | Antonini, Sabina 2005. Alcune stele inedite del Jawf (Yemen). Pages 308-313 in Alexander V. Sedov and Irina M. Smilyanskaya (eds). Arabia Vitalis. Studies in honour of Vitaly V. Naumkin. Moscow: Rossiikaya Akademiya Nauk. |