CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: pl.78/tc674
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3

TEXT


   1  Mʿdʾl
   2  ḏ-Dnm

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositPittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, TC 674
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of stela
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 9, w. 13.8, th. 4.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1952 a: 100-101, pl. II/aJamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires.
Cleveland 1965: 59, pl. 78Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.