CIAS S 56/s 4/47.12 CSAI I, 320
CIAS: i, 509
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 Lḥyʿṯt ḏ-Ylġb
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 21.51 (Foster Collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 27.5. w. 15.4, th. 3.2 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 509-510, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Schulz and Foster 2008: 118, pl. 37 | Schulz, Regine and Foster, Giraud V. (eds) 2008. Faces of Ancient Arabia. The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. Baltimore: Man and Lion Press and Walters Art Museum. |
| Lombardi 2008: 179 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |