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RES 3902 N° 14 Ja 63; C 63; CSAI I, 796
Robin and Vogt 1997: 157
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 | 1.3 |
TEXT
1 ʾls²rḥ ḏ-ʿmydʿ
| 1 | ʿmydʿ is attested as a name of person; here it could be a patronymic. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 60.1221 |
| Support type | Artefact » Sculpture in the round » Human figure |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 40, w. 9 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥayd Ibn ʿAqīl |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | : Necropolis |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1952 b: 99-100 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137. |
| Robin and Vogt 1997: 157, photo | Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe. |
| Antonini 2001: 85, 200-201, pl. 36 | 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] |