CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: pl.84/tc1879

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of stela
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 6.2, w. 19.7, th. 15.8
Notes on support and decorationsJamme interpreted the object as a human head base while Cleveland as a stela base. This is probably because the mortise had a secondary use: the original mortise was apparently 9 cm by 2.8, the secondary mortise was superimposed, extending mostly out of the back.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

TitleJa 319
ConcordanceTC 1879; Q 466; CSAI I, 577
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
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