CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Yashhal 12 T.99.A/3


Arbach 2016: 264
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]s²t ḏt [... ...]
   2  [... ... ʾṯr]t ʿd byt-s¹ Ys²h(l)[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 7, w. 14.5, th. 5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Ys²hl (of the goddess ʾṯrt).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach 2016: 264, fig.Arbach, Mounir 2016. Annexe : les inscriptions du temple d'Athirat (II. Il tempio di Athirat : rapporto finale degli scavi 1999-2000). Pages 259-287 in Alessandro de Maigret and Christian J. Robin (eds). Gli scavi Italo-Francesi di Tamnaʿ (Repubblica dello Yemen). Rapporto finale. (Orient & Méditerranée, 20). Paris: De Boccard.