CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 90, fig. 8 (left)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.3-3
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... ]Ḥlzwm w-[... ...]
   2  [... ...]lm w-d[... ...]
   3  [... ...] ʾḏn-s¹ w-mqm [... ...]
   4  [... ... ʿm]ʾns¹ w-kl ʾbyt-s¹m [... ...]
   5  [... ...] w-ʾnby w-b [...]m [... ...]
   6  [... ...] s²ʿb-s¹ ḏ-Ḥlzwm
   7  →[... ...]
   8  [... ...]
   9  [..]fyw [... ...]
  10  rf [... ...] [l-wfy] [... ...]
  11  ns¹w [... ...] w[.]rb rṯd—
  12  [... ...] mqwm-s¹m [... ...]-
  13  s¹m [... ...]

Apparatus
The editors' reading cannot be confirmed on the basis of the published photos.
5Possible integration: Bs²m]m.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 864
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 25, w. 25.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
NotesThe object is stated to come from Haribat, but the mention of Ḥalzaw would point to its origin from this site, located in wādī Lajiya.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 56-58, fig. 90 (8 A-B)Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103.