CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

As the right margin seems to be complete, Jamme reasonably states that the text beginning could be engraved on another stone.

TEXT


   1  [... ... b]nw Qfln s¹qnyw [... ...]

Apparatus
1Qfln, probably a name of group, is attested only here.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 2315
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 15, w. 28
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1952 b: 128Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137.
Hayajneh 2002: 211-212, fig. 23Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222.