CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Agostini 2020: 5, fig. 6
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Offering table » With ibex frieze
MaterialStone
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Ibex
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureRecumbent
      ViewFrontal
Decoration
Figurative subjectMonogram
      Resolved monogramĠzr
Notes on support and decorationsThe frieze of the offering table is composed of 7 ibexes. At the right of the frieze there is a monogram of the Ġzr family.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Qbḍm of ʿṯtr ḏ-Qbḍ
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleY.04.B.B.11
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2020: 5, fig. 6Agostini, Alessio 2020. Seasonal offerings among the Minaeans: The case of ancient Yathil. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 31/2: 352-364. 2021/02/25; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aae.12155.
Agostini 2021 a: 161, fig. 9Agostini, Alessio 2021. Il tempio di ʿAthtar dhu-Qabḍ. Le iscrizioni. Pages 151-171 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress.