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RES 4745
Carl Rathjens
Rathjens 1955: 221, fig. 251
Rathjens 1955: 221, fig. 251
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
TEXT
1 ʾlʿz
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Hamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, 31. 300: 1573 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 26.5, w. 15.2, th. 7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | as-Sawdāʾ |
| Ancient site | Ns²n |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | According to Rathjens, the stela could come from Mārib; Garbini maintains a provenance from as-Sawdāʾ. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Mittwoch and Schlobies 1937: 305, n. 58 (photograph) | Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1937. Altsüdarabischen Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 6: 83-100, 222-233, 305-316. |
| Rathjens 1955: 221, fig. 251 | Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |