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CIAS P 41/s 4/47.12 Q 807; CSAI I, 296
CIAS: i, 415
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 Wdʿt Ṯbw
| 1 | the name could be female. Perhaps the second name is not complete. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Woman |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 31 |
| 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
| CIAS: i, 415-416, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Avanzini 2004 b: 150 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. The 'Stèles à la déesse': problems of interpreting and dating. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 27: 145-152. |