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BynM 217
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 1.7 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The object probably comes from a funerary context. |
TEXT
1 s³ḥr Mḫbḍm Nhmn
| Letter ḫ reversed. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Baynūn, Museum, BynM 217 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief (s³ḥr) |
| Subject | Bull head |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 11.8, w. 10, th. 3.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Baynūn |
| Ancient site | Bynn |
| Geographical area | Khawlân |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lombardi 2008: 187 | Lombardi, Alessandra 2008. Note di storia dell'arte sudarabica III. Le stele funerarie a protome taurina. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 31: 165-191. |