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Lot Essay
For similar cf. J. Schiettecatte et al., San'a' National Museum, Part III Collection of Funerary Stelae from the Jawf Valley, Sanaa, 2008, nos 67 and 78.
The inscription here is an extremely rare survival of a palimpsest, with one name having been inscribed over another original text. This original text probably read: 'Ayub-il', a Hadramautic name (cf. G. L. Harding, Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Names and Inscriptions, Toronto, 1971, p. 450), with the later overcut reading: 'Hin'am', deriving from the Qatabanian language (cf. Harding, p. 626). Presumably this palimpsest was utilised in order to furnish a cheaper gravestone for the latter individual.
The inscription here is an extremely rare survival of a palimpsest, with one name having been inscribed over another original text. This original text probably read: 'Ayub-il', a Hadramautic name (cf. G. L. Harding, Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Names and Inscriptions, Toronto, 1971, p. 450), with the later overcut reading: 'Hin'am', deriving from the Qatabanian language (cf. Harding, p. 626). Presumably this palimpsest was utilised in order to furnish a cheaper gravestone for the latter individual.