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English: Votive stele with Qatabanic inscription: “Rathad'îl, son of Mâti'um ibn Shahaz, dedicated and offered as first fruit to Amm dhû-Rabahû and Nâ'imiyyân this alabaster panel (?) the day he was entrusted with the finances by his lord, Shahr.”
  • Alabaster, 1st century CE.
  • From Tamna', capital of the kingdom of Qataban, Yemen.
Français : Stèle votive avec inscription en qatabânite : « Rathad'îl, fils de Mâti'um ibn Shahaz, a dédié et offert en prémices à Amm dhû-Rabahû et Nâ'imiyyân cette plaque (?) d'albâtre le jour où il fut chargé des finances par son seigneur Shahr.
institution QS:P195,Q19675
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Department of Oriental Antiquities, Sully wing, ground floor, room 19
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AO 21124
Credit line Gift of Jacques Pirenne, 1962
References A.G. Lundin: L’inscription qatabanite du Louvre AO 21.124 in Raydan 2 1979, pp. 107-119
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2007)

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