Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 1-1.7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
1 | Klbm is a proper name, in this case the name of the family could come from an ancestor. |
English | |
1 Dʾyt, daughter of ʾbns¹ ḏu-Klbm belonging to the house of ʿ- 2 mʿly ḏ-S²bʿn, dedicated to the Daughters of ʾl in 3 Rṣfm her life and their li- 4 ves. |
Deposit | Nürnberg, Unknown (Private collection) |
Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 26, w. 9.1, th. 11.3 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Notes | The object was probably placed in the sanctuary of Rṣfm, dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn in the necropolis of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl. |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 1974 b: 145-148, pl. 12 | Müller, Walter W. 1974. Die angeblichen 'Toechter Gottes' im Licht einer neuen qatabānischen Inschrift. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 2: 145-148. |
Jamme 1976: 142-143 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
Robin 2000: 169-170, pl. 7 | Robin, Christian J. 2000. Les "filles du Dieu" de Sabaʾ à la Mecque: réflexions sur l'agencement des panthéons dans l'Arabie ancienne. Semitica, 50: 113-192. |
Antonini 2001: 57, tav. 21 | Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |