Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
Subject | Woman |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 24.3, w. 16.5, th. 7 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Link to site record |
Cleveland 1965: 23, pl. 45 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
Simpson 2002: 199, cat. 281 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |