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Ja 884 Q 568; C 54; CSAI I, 631
Jamme 1957 a: pl. IV
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 | 1.7 |
TEXT
1 Ḏrʾkrb Mdrrm
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, Ash 1954-752 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 28, w. (base) 8.8 |
| 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
| Jamme 1957 a: 194-95, pl. IV | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1957. Antiquités funéraires épigraphiques qatabanites. Cahiers de Byrsa, 7: 189-195. |
| Grohmann 1963: 222-223, pl. XVI/3 | Grohmann, Adolf 1963. Kulturgeschichte des alten Orients. Arabien. (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft, 1.3.3.4). Munich: C.H. Beck. |
| Antonini 2001: 92, pl. 45 | Antonini, 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] |