CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum
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By kind permission of British Museum
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Jamme 1955 a: pl. XXIII

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.5

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿmws³l Ġrbm

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 130899=1951,0407.18
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of stela
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 11, w. 11, th. 4.4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1955 a: 119, pl. XXIII, fig. I/2Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Pièces qatabanites et sabéennes d'Aden. Anadolu Arastirmalari, 1: 117-126.