GlaViWo - Museum: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-SMBP-VA2679

Slab with Ancient South Arabian inscription

 AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-SMBP-VA2679
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (SMB), Preußischer Kulturbesitz (VA2679)
GL-number: GL865
Currently available: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Former owner: Glaser, Eduard Material: limestone
Provenance: Eduard Glaser's collection of original stones, which the explorer had gathered on his third trip to Yemen (October 1887-September 1888), was acquired by the German-Jewish publisher and philanthropist Rudolf Mosse (1843-1920), who passed it on as a donation to the then Königliche Museen zu Berlin (Royal Museums in Berlin). By royal decree of 1 June 1891, the Royal Museums were authorised to accept the donation from Rudolf Mosse.
 Associated names: ʿAlhān Nahfān 
Creation date: Production date:
Locality: Riyām
Language: Sabaic
height: 0.23 m
width: 0.39 m
First description: Mordtmann, Himjarische Inschriften, 1893, pp. 26 ff.
Linked signature, children: AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-F-00947
AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-F-01578
AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-F-00457
AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-ZAMU-11-04-385
Contents:
6-line inscription; chipped at the bottom The inscription contains information on the genealogy of ʿAlhān Nahfān, king of Sabaʾ.
3D obj: 3D-View



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