CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


al-Hajj, Mohammad, 2016
Al-Hajj 2016 a: 141, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2

TEXT


   1  [... ...]n[... ...]
   2  [... ...] b-ʾlhw byt—
   3  [n ... ...](m) Ydʿʾb Ġyl—
   4  [n mlk Q](t)bn Yʿd

Apparatus
4Yʿd is a well known name of a sanctuary in Maryamat, but the interpretation of the line is not sure.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar al-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteMrymtm
Geographical areaWādī Ḥarīb
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Al-Hajj 2016 a: 124-128, fig. 1, fac. 1al-Hajj, Mohammed 2016. Nuqūšān qatabāniyyān ǧadīdān min Haǧar al-ʿĀdī-wādī Ḥarīb. Silsilat mudāwalāt ʿilmiyya muḥakama li-l-liqāʾ al-sanawī li-l-ǧamʿiyyah (al-Ǧamʿiyya al-Saʿūdīya li-l-Dirāsāt al-Aṯariyya), al-Mamlaka al-ʿArabiyya al-Saʿūdiyya ʿabr al-ʿuṣūr, 5: 123-142.