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AM 724
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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 | 2.8 |
TEXT
1 Tdʿ Ḫẓwʿ
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 43=AM 724=TS 824 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with figure in relief |
| Subject | Woman |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Dimensions | h. 31, w. 19.5, th. 7 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
| Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context |
| Notes | The stela probably comes from the necropolis of Timnaʿ. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1962: 258, pl. XV | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1962. Notes d'archéologie sud-arabe III - Stèles à la déesse du Musée d'Aden. Syria, 39/3-4: 257-262. |