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Ja 390 Q 535; CSAI I, 617
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.1 |
TEXT
1 Krʿt Ḏrḥn
| 1 | the name is probably feminine. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 130882=1951,0407.1 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Woman |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 31.5, w. 19 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1955 a: 120-121, pl. XXIII, fig. I/2 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Pièces qatabanites et sabéennes d'Aden. Anadolu Arastirmalari, 1: 117-126. |
| Pirenne 1960: pl. XV.4 | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1960. Notes d'archéologie sud-arabe I - Stèles à la déesse dhât Ḥimyam (Ḥamîm). Syria, 37: 326-347. |
| Avanzini 2004 b: 150 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. The 'Stèles à la déesse': problems of interpreting and dating. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 27: 145-152. |