CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


DEPOSIT INFORMATION

NotesFrantsouzoff 2016: 145 said that the object is now in the National Museum of Ṣanʿāʾ.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Altar (ms³yd)
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 36, w. 26, th. 26.
Chronology
PeriodMiddle
Notes on support and decorationsThe typology of the support is completely hypothetical. Lundin and Bauer said it is a stela.
Without a photo it is difficult to take a decision.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteRaʾs al-Fawwār
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl ʾdf
NotesThe origin of the object is hypothetical. It could come from Quṭra where the lineage ʾws¹krb is attested.
Link to site record

EPIGRAPHS

TitleNihm/Ibn Ghaylān 1
ConcordanceNihm 14; Gr 348
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2016: 145-146Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. (8 vols), Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux]