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CIAS S 56/p 2/95.11 n° 1 RES 3902 N° 41; CSAI I, 318
CIAS: ii, 369
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 | 3 |
TEXT
1 mʿmr ʿmʿly Mdrrm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1307=AM 60.783 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (mʿmr) |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 30.5, w. 18.5, th. 7.7 |
| 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: ii, 369-370, 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] |
| Lombardi 2008: 183 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |