Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4 | ||
Chronology |
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Agostini dates this inscription back to the 1st c. BCE - 1st c. CE. It was found in Islamic layers. |
Deposit | Barāqish, Museum, Storeroom |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 26, w. 15.5, th. 5.7 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Barāqish |
Ancient site | Yṯl |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ |
Notes | The stela was found in Islamic layers. A secondary deposition following the robbing of a funerary area such as the small extra-muros necropolis is thus possible (Agostini 2021 a). |
Link to site record |
Agostini 2021 a: 163-164, fig. 15 | Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |
Antonini 2021: 184, fig. 23 | Antonini, Sabina 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Gli oggetti. Pages 172-186 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress. |