CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Yule 2007: 150, fig. 111

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodE. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  Ḥẓyn((ḥẓyn))

Apparatus
1For Pirenne's interpretation of the text as "(La fléchette du) Sort Fortuné" and its relation with the representation of the Sagittarius, see CIAS: i, 476-479.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 24, w. 47
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt al-Ashwāl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed
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Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteẒafār
Ancient siteẒfr
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
NotesThe object was seen in the wall of a house in a village near Bayt al-Ashwāl, but according to Pirenne it was certainly from Ẓafār.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1970 c: 439-446, pl. I/aGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Un oroscopo himyarita. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30: 439-446, pl. I, II.
Costa 1973: 197-198Costa, Paolo M. 1973. Antiquities from Ẓafar (Yemen). Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33: 185-206.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1976 aRyckmans, Jacques 1975/1976. Une expression astrologique méconnue dans des inscriptions sabéennes. Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica, 5/6: 251-259. [Miscellanea in honorem Josephi Vergote]
Robin 1976 c: 4, fig. 6Robin, Christian J. 1976. Le Yemen: l'Arabie heureuse, la reine de Saba. Paris: Bayard-Presse. [[Bible et Terre Sainte 177]]
CIAS: i, 473-479 (photo)Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités
. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]
Yule 2007: 150, fig. 111Yule, Paul 2007. Himyar: Spästantike im Jemen (= Himyar, Late antique Yemen). Aichwald: Linden Soft.