CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Antonini 2001: pl. 98/E69

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Archaeologist suggested that the documentation from the necropolis could be dated to the first century BC.

TEXT


   1  Hrm
   2  ḏt Dṯyʾm
   3  s¹[qny]t Yʾs¹r

Apparatus
2we are not sure that Dṯyʾm was a name of group (see KH 313 also from Shukaʿ).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hrm,
   2  of the family Dṯyʾm,
   3  dedicated to Yʾs¹r.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 2755
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Part of human body
Measuresh. 10, d. at the base 4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShukaʿ
Ancient siteS²kʿm
Geographical areaal-Ḍāliʿ
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
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CULTURAL NOTES

Yʾs¹r is the main god worshipped in the necropolis of Shukaʿ, located in the southern Yemeni plateau. Three short dedicatory texts quote this god: CSAI I, 128=CIAS T 62/p 8/54.10, CSAI I, 140=KH 302 and CSAI I, 141=KH 313.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIAS: ii, 433-434, photoBeeston, 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]
Antonini 2001: 153-154, pl. 98Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]