CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


al-Hajj 2019: 21, figs 11-12
By kind permission of © M. al-Ḥajj

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...][.]ww Ḥwkm s¹qny[... ...]
   2  [... ...] Ḏrʾkrb w-kl ʾwl[d-s¹my ... ... ]

Apparatus
1The editor integrates r](s²)ww.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Ḥwkm
NotesThe inscription was housed by a resident of Hajar al-ʿĀdī village.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Hajj 2019: 20-21, figs 11-12al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ʿAlī 2019. History of Maryamah Town (Hajar- al- ʿAdī) in Wādī Ḥarīb in the Light of Its Musnad Inscriptions (7th Century BC – 3rd Century AD). Adūmātū, 40: 7-40.