CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Yashhal 28 T.00.A/11


Arbach 2016: 271
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 letters2.8
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Arbach thinks that the inscription was a construction text, but s¹ḥdṯ is attested in several dedicatory texts. Given the archaeological context, it seems better to classify the inscription as a dedicatory text.

TEXT


   1  Ḏrʾn [... ... t]—
   2  krb-s¹ [... ...]
   3  [.]m s¹ḥd[ṯ ... ...]

Apparatus
2-3Arbach integrates: [b-ḏ](t)m.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh.9, w. 5.5, th. 3.9
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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: 271, 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.