stela

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Object Type
Museum number: 125039
Description: Fragment of a limestone or yellow calcite-alabaster stela with a 4 line inscription in South Arabian characters carved in hollow relief, which is an invocation of deities Athtar, Almaqah, Dhat Himyam and Dhat Ba'den by Karib'il; framed with relief decoration of couchant mountain goats.
Cultures/periods
Production place: Made in: Yemen
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Aden
Materials: limestone (?); calcite (?)
Dimensions: Height: 10 inches; Width: 9.875 inches; Depth: 2.75 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Jamme 1971a / Miscellanees d'ancient arabe II (p.39, 41); Kitchen 2000a / Documentation for Ancient Arabia (pp. 30, 31, 32, 34)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Incomplete.
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription: Dhat Ba'Dan; Named in inscription: Ilmakah; Named in inscription: Dhat Himyam; Named in inscription: Athtar
Acquisition name
Acquisition notes: More acquisition details in Egyptian Register 2: 133.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 125039
Registration number: 1881,1206,E.5
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: CIH 582

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