DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian Inscriptions: Epigraph details

Arbach 2016: 275
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

Language

Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic

Alphabet

Ancient South Arabian

Script typology

Monumental writing

Writing technique

Incision

Measure of letters

4.5

Chronology

Period

C. Conjectural

Apparatus

1	The first m is written in the opposite direction.
3	The editor reads: s¹t(ʿn) R(y)[ʿn ... ...

Origin and provenance

Modern site	Hajar Kuḥlān
Ancient site	Tmnʿ
Geographical area	Wādī Bayḥān
Country	Yemen
Archaeological context	Religious context: Temple Ys²hl (of the goddess ʾṯrt).
Link to site record

Arbach 2016: 275, 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.

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