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RES 3896 N° 14 Q 88; CSAI I, 785
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 |
TEXT
1 ʾbʿly ḏ-Ḏrḥʾl
| 1 | Ḏrḥʾl is attested as a name of person; here it could be a patronymic. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Liverpool, Museum, LM 1965.161 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 53, w. 23.3, th. 15.5 |
| 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
| Kitchen 1994 a: 169-171, figs 3/b, 4 | Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1994. The Lady Diʿamat and friends from Wadi Beihan, S. Arabia. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 5/3: 169-173. |