CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 97, fig. 23

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [N]s¹rm Mʿd s¹qn[y ... ...]
   2  [.] l-ḏtm b-ys²f ʿ[m... ...]
   3  [m]qm-s¹ w-ʾm-s¹ Ḍbʿt [... ... ʿ]—
   4  [m] Ryʿn w-b ʿm ḏ-S²qr w-[... ...]
   5  s¹m ḏ-[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ns¹rm Mʿd dedicated to [......]
   2  so that ʿm should save [......]
   3  his material resources and his mother Ḍbʿt [......]
   4  ʿm Ryʿn and by ʿm ḏ-S²qr and [... ...]
   5  their [......]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 879
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 28.5, w. 23.5, th. 16
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤinū az-Zurayr
Ancient siteHrbt
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach, Bāṭāyiʿ and al-Zubaydī 2013: 78-79, fig. 97 (23)Arbach, Mounir, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and al-Zubaydī, Khayrān 2013. Nuqūš qatbāniyya ǧadīda (3). Raydān, 8: 49-103.