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Votive stele of a female bust representing Dhat Hamym, a local sun
goddess, inscribed in Qatabanian
Qataban, southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) ca. 2nd century BCE Alabaster H: 31.5; W: 13.5 cm Bequest of Joseph Ternbach, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum Accession number: 87.160.630 |
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Qataban was an ancient Yemeni kingdom whose capital was named Timna. Like most other Old South-Arabian kingdoms it gained great wealth through the trade of frankincense and myrrh, which were spices burned as incense at altars. Qatabanian was a Semitic language spoken in Yemen between 100 BC and 600 AD. Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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