CIAS F 59/s 4/49.10 n° 1 RES 3902 N° 71; Ja 75; C 69; CSAI III, 15
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 3 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 ʿmyṯʿ Ġyln g—
2 (s²m ml)[k] ʾws¹n
| 1-2 | RES wrongly reads Lḥy as a third proper name; gs²m could be a term "officer, bodyguard", or the third name of the onomastic formula. In the last case, ʿmyṯʿ Ġyln would be the king of Awsan (see CIAS). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 621=AM 60.690 |
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 14.5 (base: 8.5), w. 27, th. 14 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Markha |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jaussen 1926: 563, pl. XII, fig. 16 | Jaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582. |
| CIAS: ii, 317-318, photo | Beeston, 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: 99, pl. 52 | Antonini, 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] |