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Ja 369 TC 1519; Q 516; CSAI I, 604
Simpson 2002: 201, fig. 284
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 Ṯwbʾl
2 ḏ-Ynʿm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Washington, American Foundation for the Study of Man, TC 1519 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Top | Concave |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 29, w. 10.2, th. 7.9 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | According to Jamme, this stela might come from the sanctuary of Rṣfm, dedicated to ʾnby S²ymn and located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 a: 211 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires. |
| Cleveland 1965: 40, pl. 64 | Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Simpson 2002: 201, cat. 284 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |
| Lombardi 2008: 179-80 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |