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Object Type
Museum number: 125161,A
Description: Part of stone slab inscribed with 4 line South Arabian inscription; inscription purportedly states Haiw, son of Ammayada of tribe of Kadr, dedicates Yawas'il to Dhat-Himyam in the name of the gods Athtar, Almaqah, Dhat-Himyam and Dat Baiden or Dhat Badair, and Sami' by the "mukarribs" or priest kings Yada'il and Yata''amar and the city of Kutalum; this fragment itself is 4 lines long but it joins to another fragment to form 9 lines of inscription.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC BC (late)
Production place: Made in: Yemen
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Main; Found/Acquired: Aden
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 16 inches; Width: 15 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Part of 1872,0619.4 (BM.125161.b).
Bibliographic references: CIS IV/II / Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas continens (pp.195-96, no.493, tab.XVIII); Müller DH 1876a / Himjarische Studien (p.677, no.4); Praetorius F 1872a / Himjarische Inschriften (p.421, no.8); Jamme 1971a / Miscellanees d'ancient arabe II (p.39, 41); Kitchen 2000a / Documentation for Ancient Arabia (pp. 33)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Incomplete?.
Associated names: Named in inscription: Athtar; Named in inscription: Almakah; Named in inscription: Dhat Badair; Named in inscription: Yada'il; Named in inscription: Yada''amar; Named in inscription: Dhat-Himyam
Associated places: Named in inscription: Kutalum
Acquisition name
Acquisition notes: Acquired by Prideaux in Aden
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 125161,A
Registration number: 1871,1113.7
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 59 (exhibition number); Miscellaneous number: 65 (exhibition number); Miscellaneous number: CIH 493 (siglum); Miscellaneous number: Müller 4 (old publication siglum); Miscellaneous number: Praetorius 8 (old publication siglum); Miscellaneous number: RES 3126 (Check)

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