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Ja 860 Q 552


By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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By kind permission of University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Legrain 1934 a: 333, fig. 3/B

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  [bnt ʾl](s²rḥ)

Apparatus
The inscription is almost completely illegible.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositPhiladelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Near East Section, Quill Jones Collection, 30-47-14
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 25, w. 9.5, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
NotesThe object probably comes from a funerary context.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Legrain 1934 a: 333, fig. 3/BLegrain, Léon 1934. In the Land of the Queen of Sheba. American Journal of Archaeology, 38: 329-337.
Rathjens 1955: 64-66Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.
Jamme 1955 c: 154Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. South-Arabian Antiquities in the U.S.A. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 12/5-6: 152-154.
Antonini 2001: 36Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]