CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Yashhal 23 T.00.A/2


Arbach 2016: 269
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [Q]s³mʾl [... ...]
   2  bḥtn l-w[fy ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 7.2, w. 7.5, th. 5.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Ys²hʾl (of the goddess ʾṯrt).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach 2016: 269, 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.