CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Simpson 2002: 129, cat. 152-153

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueCast
Measure of letters2
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  Ṯwybm w-ʿqrbm ḏwy Mhṣnʿm s²ymw Yfs²

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṯwybm and ʿqrbm those of Mhṣnʿm placed in Yfs².

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWashington, American Foundation for the Study of Man, TS 152A-B
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 61, w. 52.5; base: h. 4.2, w. 52.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Yfs²
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1958 b: 189-190, pls 97-108Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958. Inscriptions Related to the House Yafash in Timnaʿ. Pages 183-198 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
Simpson 2002: 129, cat. 152-153Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London]
ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 233, photosʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Avanzini 2008 a: 629, figs 9, 10Avanzini, Alessandra 2008. Notes for a history of Sumhuram and a new inscription of Yashhurʾil. Pages 609-641 in Alessandra Avanzini (ed.). A port in Arabia between Rome and the Indian Ocean (3rd C. BC-5th C. AD). Khor Rori Report 2. (Arabia Antica, 5). Rome: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.