CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Agostini 2021 a: 158, fig. 5
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]s²wyn s³lʾ[... ...]
   2  [... ... b](ḥ)tn krb( s¹)b[rr]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]s²wyn dedicated [... ...]
   2  [... ...] the covering slab as an obligation from which He released him.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBarāqish, Museum, storeroom
Support typeArtefact » Slab (bḥt)
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 a: 158-159, fig. 5Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress.