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Bron 2020 FGA-ARCH-SA-0012
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Funerary text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| This inscription was also published in short notices in the exhibition catalogues: "Corps et esprits. Regards croisés sur la Méditerranée antique" (5 Continents Editions, Milan 2014), p. 82, n° 24; "Alexandrie la divine", p. 509-511, fig. 94. |
TEXT
1 ʾlyfʿ Wqh
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Geneva, Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, FGA-ARCH-SA-0012 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Human head |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 59.1, w. 24.9, th. 18 (max.) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʿīn (Presumably from a royal necropolis near Maʿīn, whose location is unknown (Bron 2020: 225).) |
| Ancient site | Qrnw |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
This funerary stela of a king of Maʿīn strengthens the hypothesis that a royal necropolis in the area of Maʿīn has been discovered and looted (Bron 2020: 225).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bron 2020: 225-227 (with figure) | Bron, François 2020. Une troisième stèle funéraire d’un roi de Maʿīn. Semitica, 62: 225-227. |