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  Rʾlm
   2  ḏt Blġm

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 141595=1985,0223.64
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of stela
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 8, w. 12.5, th. 6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2006: 195-196, fig. 21Bron, François 2006. Nouvelles antiquités qatabanites du British Museum. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 17: 190-200.