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Jamme 1965 a: 45-46, pl. II.5
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 | 2.6 |
TEXT
1 [ʿ]mm S¹ḥl
| 1 | the first name is integrated by Jamme. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Cambridge, University Museum, CUM 49.632 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 16.5, w. 11 |
| 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 1965 a: 45-46, pl. II/5 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1965. The South Arabian collection of the University Museum (Cambridge, England). Documentation sud-arabe, IV. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 40: 43-55. |