CONTENTS
Foreword by Alessandro de Maigret
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CONCLUSIONS
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lNTRODUCTION by Sabina Antonini
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REFERENCES
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l. THE EXCAVATION by Sabina Antonini Level l, Late-Minaean Period Level 2, Sandy Aeolic Deposit Level 3, Minaean Tombs The Loci Level 4, Ancient South Arabian Period
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2. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERlALS by Sabina Antonini . Funerary Stelae . Generai Features . Material and Technique . Typology . Terracotta Figurine . Stone Objects .. Beads . Shells . Bronze Objects . Plaster lar Sealings .. Glass Fragment . Organic Material . Clay Stoppers . Pottery . Level 4, Ancient South Arabian Period .. Level 3, Minaean Tombs .. Level I, Late-Minaean Peri od ..
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3. Fu ERARY STELAE FROM BARAQISH: STUDY OF THE ONOMASTICS by Alessio Agostini . lntroduction . The Stelae from the Excavation .. The Stelae of the MAIRY Collection .. Other lnscriptions .
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CONCLUSIONS
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REFERENCES
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ApPENDIX: Funerary Stelae and Other Objects from the Baraqish Area (MAIRY Collection) by Paola Pagano . lntroduction . The Funeray Stelae .. Generai Features .. Tipology . The lncense-burners . An Alabaster Relief with lndex .. Final Considerations . References .
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