CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

TEXT

marker


   1  Yṣrm
   2  ʿwln

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 1995,0617.1
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Aniconic stela
MaterialAlabaster
DimensionsBase: w. 7.34, h. 6.22, th. 6.32; Stela: h. 7.15, w. 5, th. 2.12
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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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