YM 18348
Arbach and Audouin 2007: 79, cat. 49
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 18348 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework | ||||||||
| Top | Concave | ||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||
| Measures | h. 52, w. 55, th. 6.5 | ||||||||
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| Notes on support and decorations | Fragmentary stela with concave top. The bottom of the artifact is lost. Symbol: h. 7.5. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The editors maintains Jidfir ibn Munayḫir as the site of provenance, because the stela is part of a group of pieces acquired by the GOAM as coming from illegal excavation in the site. However, we accept Schiettecatte's suggestion that some of these stelae most probably come from the nearby sites of Kharibat Saʿūd and al-Asāḥil (see Schiettecatte 2011: 49, n.25 for the argumentation). Although the name of the god that receives the dedication is lost, according to the editors the stela comes the temple of ʾlmqh (cf. YM 18350, YM 18351, YM 18352, YM 18355). |
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EPIGRAPHS
| Title | YM 18348 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schiettecatte 2011: 49 | Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2011. D'Aden à Zafar. Villes d'Arabie du Sud préislamique. (Orient et Méditerranée, 6). Paris: de Boccard. |