CSAI

Corpus of Southern Middle Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


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DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositBaynūn, Museum, BynM 276

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 16.5, w. 13.5, th. 10
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeCrescent moon and disc with base
Figurative subjectGeometric motif » False window
Notes on support and decorationsComplete incense burner with truncated pyramidal base. On the upper part a decoration on a recessed field with the crescent moon and the disc on a trapezoidal base framed by the false windows motif. Low relief.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBaynūn
Ancient siteBynn
Geographical areaKhawlân
CountryYemen
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleAv. Baynūn 2
ConcordanceBynM 276
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1985: 97-98, pl. 22Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze.
Prioletta 2013 a: 110, no. 23Prioletta, Alessia 2013. Inscriptions from the southern highlands of Yemen. The epigraphic collections of the museums of Baynūn and Dhamār. (Arabia Antica, 8). Roma: L'«Erma» di Bretschneider.