B.06.D.O./26
Antonini and Agostini 2010: pl.23/d
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 |
| Measure of letters | 4 |
TEXT
1 Whbʾl Mḥ[.]
| 1 | Traces of later corrections in the second name. Maybe Mḥḍr, which occurs three times in this corpus of stelae from the necropolis of Barāqish; however Agostini notes that "the space left on the stone does not encourage this interpretation". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 40, w. 18.7, th. 7 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Barāqish |
| Ancient site | Yṯl |
| Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | The stela was found during the excavations in the necropolis in area D. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Antonini and Agostini 2010: 18, 61, pl. 23/d | Antonini, Sabina and Agostini, Alessio 2010. A Minaean necropolis at Barāqish (Jawf, Republic of Yemen). Preliminary report of the 2005-2006 archaeological campaigns. With an appendix by Paola Pagano. (Reports and Memoirs. New series, 9). Rome: IsIAO. |