CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Breton and Avanzini 2011: figs 129-130

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

TEXT


   1  Ḥnyn ḏ-
   2  Lḥyʿṯ—
   3  t ktr—
   4  b ʾṯrt
   5  b-ḏt t—
   6  hb-s¹ b—
   7  nm ḏ-ḥl

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḥnyn ḏ-
   2  Lḥyʿṯt
   3  asked the favour
   4  of ʾṯrt,
   5  in that She gives
   6  him a healthy
   7  son.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Rṣf
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1992 b: 443, fig. 9Breton, Jean-François 1992. Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf (République du Yémen). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 429-453.
Breton and Avanzini 2011: 58-59, figs 129-130Breton, Jean-François and Avanzini, Alessandra 2011. Le matériel. (Chapitre 5). Pages 57-61 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Le sanctuaire de ʿAthtar dhû-Riṣâf d'as-Sawdâʾ. (Arabia Antica, 7). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.