CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

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  H(l)lt|
   2  ʿbdn|

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 141587=1985,0223.56
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of stela
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 6.3, w. 7.7, th. 6.5
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2006: 193-194, fig. 12Bron, François 2006. Nouvelles antiquités qatabanites du British Museum. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 17: 190-200.