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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2017-08-03
  • Last revised
    2017-08-03
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-4951
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MAFYS-Dura 10 CSAI I, 710; ATM 284


Avanzini 2004 b: 151
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Avanzini 2004 b: 151
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By kind permission of Jean-François Breton

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

TEXT

marker


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OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 284
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief
SubjectWoman
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 34, w. 26
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern sitean-Nuqūb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1993: 40-41, pl. 21/63Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Avanzini 2004 b: 151Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. The 'Stèles à la déesse': problems of interpreting and dating. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 27: 145-152.