CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: 19, pl.40
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  Ys²rḥ-Wd[.]z[..]

Apparatus
1the reading is not sure; Cleveland: ys²rḥwdḏz[.]-

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 12.5, w. 15.2, 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

Cleveland 1965: 19, pl. 40Cleveland, 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.