CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Gnoli 1993: pl. 12/a
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters12.5
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  [... ...] Rym (b)[n ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 24.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShaqab al-Manaṣṣa
Ancient siteYhrq (?)
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gnoli 1993: 86-87, pl. 12/aGnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 373Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.