CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of J. al-Ḥasanī
Unpublished.

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [..]yt bn ʾbrn w-Qḥḏm s³ḥr ʿm
   2  [R]yʿn rdʾ ḏt Ẓhrn s¹lʿtm bn ʿs²q
   3  [.]btn w-ḏt Ẓhrn l-trdʾ-s¹m nʿ(mtm)

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [..]yt ibn ʾbrn and Qḥḏm, wizard of ʿm
   2  Ryʿn dedicated to ḏt Ẓhrn one s¹lʿt-coin from the work
   3  of (?); and may ḏt Ẓhrn help them in prosperity.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, University Museum, UAM 519
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 20, w. 32, th. 5.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Ḥasanī 2011: 447-450, photo 1al-Ḥasanī, Jamal 2011. Nuqūsh Qatbāniyya ǧadīda min matḥaf ǧāmiʿat ʿAdan. Pages 445-460 in Al-nadwa al-ʿilmīya ʿAdan bawābat al-Yaman al-ḥaḍariyya 18-19 Yanāyir 2011, kulliyyat al-Adāb. Aden: Jamiʿat ʿAdan.