Title

Limestone stela carved withSouth Arabian inscription in Sabaean, 2nd century BC. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Limestone stela carved with three lines of South Arabian inscription in Sabaean; for the building by Wahab'athat son of 'Alfaqum and his sons of an aqueduct to irrigate their palm grove. Fom the British Museum's collection, 2nd century BC.

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B79_092

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,4Mb (3,9Mb) / 19,6in x 10,0in / 5883 x 2996 (300dpi)

Keywords

communication limestone country museum color colour carved inscription location British Museum century artefact concept aqueduct artifact lettering Arabian Arabia stele Saba inscribed CM Dixon 2nd century BC Sabaean object Unknown Dixon CM CM Dixon Mike Dixon South Arabian CM Dixon object