CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

GENERAL NOTES

Inscription on the base of the object.

TEXT


   1  Ḥs¹n (Ḏ)rḥn

Apparatus
The last name could also be read Ṭrḥn or Brḥn ("il est peu vraisemblable que Ḏrḥn soit le grand lignage qatabānite", Robin 1993: 73); it could be the craftsman's signature.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of altar
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 19, d. 15.7
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍura
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb 3
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1993: 30-31Breton, Jean-François 1993. Les objets de luxe. Pages 23-41 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
Robin and Bāfaqīh 1993: 73Robin, Christian J. and Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Les inscriptions sur les objets. Pages 71-75 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.