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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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Ternbach 131 CSAI I, 1055


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿmm Ygr w-ḏt Ḏr—
   2  ḥn |

Apparatus
1ʿmm is a female name, Ygr is probably the family of origin of the woman and Ḏrḥn the family of her husband.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositJerusalem, The Israel Museum, IMJ 87.160.630
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief
SubjectWoman
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 30.7, w. 20.6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextFunerary context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Merhav et al. 1981: 168-169, pl. 131Merhav, Rivka 1981. A glimpse into the past. The Joseph Ternbach collection. Drawings Florica Vainer, Photographs Nahum Slapak, Transl. by Edna Ben-Dow. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum.
Bloch 2020: 18 (photo)Bloch, Yigal (ed.) 2020. Yemen. From Sheba to Jerusalem. Yemen. From Sheba to Jerusalem, at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, January 2020. Tel Aviv: A.R. Press for Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem.