Corpus of Qatabanic Inscriptions
The Corpus of Qatabanic inscriptions comprises three linguistic varieties: beside the inscriptions of the Central Qatabanic, the two small corpora of Marginal Qatabanic and Awsanite inscriptions have been created, because these documentations show several linguistic and cultural features that distinguish them from the Qatabanic language of the mainland.
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Corpus of Awsanite Inscriptions
The Awsanite corpus is a small epigraphic collection comprising some 30 inscriptions. They come from the region of the Awsan kingdom, located around the wādī Marḫa.
Corpus of Central Qatabanic Inscriptions
This collection includes more than 1,800 inscriptions which represent the documentation on the history of the Qataban kingdom from the 7th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. The two main cities of the Qatabanian reign, Timnaʿ and Ḥinu az-Zurayr, were located in the valleys of wādī Bayḥān and wādī Ḥarīb.
Corpus of Marginal Qatabanic Inscriptions
This is a small corpus, made up of about 40 inscriptions, dating from the 1st to the 2nd century CE (period C and D). The texts come from the plateau regions south of Qataban, from places such as al-Miʿsāl, Qāniya, al-Ḥadd, Ḥaṣī and wādī Ḍuraʾ.