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Bron 2006: 191, fig. 3
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 |
TEXT
1 Mʿdkrb ḏ-Ġrbm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 141542=1985,0223.11 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 18.7, w. 30.3, th. 8.5 |
| 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 1972: 53-54, pl. 15(facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1972. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe III. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250312. [Privately printed] |
| Bron 2006: 191, fig. 3 | Bron, François 2006. Nouvelles antiquités qatabanites du British Museum. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 17: 190-200. |