CIAS 47.12/p 2/S 21 Q 242; CSAI I, 286
CIAS: i, 487
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 mʿmr Hwfʾl Mrn
2 b-Rṣfm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 21.52 (Foster Collection) |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Aniconic stela (mʿmr) |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 2.5, w. 16.5, th. 8.4 |
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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 |
| Notes | The stela was probably placed in the sanctuary of Rṣfm, dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn and located in the necropolis of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl (see for example Ja 350=CSAI I, 135). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 135-138, 487-488, 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: 122-23, pl. 44 | 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. |