CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

UAM 266 CSAI III, 11


By kind permission of GOAM

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  Mʿ(dʾ)l S¹l(ḥ)n mlk (ʾw)s¹n s¹[ḥ](dṯ) l-(ʿṯtr) ḏ-[... ...] (m)[ṣ]—
   2  rbn ʿd mḥrm-s¹ |

Apparatus
1(ʿṯtr) ḏ-[...]m (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach).

TRANSLATIONS

Avanzini 2004 a
English

   1  Mʿdʾl S¹lḥn king of Awsan restored for ʿṯtr ḏ-[... ...] the
   2  altar in His temple.
Avanzini 2004 a: 544Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, University Museum, UAM 266
Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With plain gutter (mṣrb)
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 14, w. 89, th. 35
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Ḫawra
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 107-108, fig. 7Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124.