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stela
Object Type
stela
Museum number
125055
Description
Limestone stela with 8 line Sabaean inscription which apparently refers to a boundary marked by figure of "Eastern/Western eagle" ratified by the council of "Urkuban and of Baid" in the month Dhu Din of the priesthood of Wadad-il, son of Halak'amar, of Hazfar. Inscription not complete; upper portion missing, but cut along the base of missing letters.
Cultures/periods
Sabaean
Production place
Made in:
Yemen
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Aden
Materials
limestone
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
legal
Bibliographic references
Jamme 1971a / Miscellanees d'ancient arabe II
(p.39, 41)
Kitchen 2000a / Documentation for Ancient Arabia
(pp. 30, 31, 32, 33)
Rhodokanakis 1917a / Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen II, SAWW 185. Band, 3. Abhandlung
(pp.75-76)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Good / fair.
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Wadad-il
Named in inscription:
Halak'amar
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Hazfar
(?)
Named in inscription:
Urkuban
(?)
Named in inscription:
Baid
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Col W F Prideaux
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
125055
Registration number
1875,0429.1
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
658
(exhibition number)
Miscellaneous number:
CIH 555
(siglum)
Miscellaneous number:
SOC.67
(Semitic Old Collection registration number)