CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Kitchen 2009: 264, fig. 25/10

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD

TEXT


   1  ʿmḏḫr bn Gbtn((Lbtn)) w-Ġtwm Nbṭ s²m l-mnḍḥ S²bʿn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿmḏḫr ibn Gbtn (or: Lbtn) and Ġtwm Nbṭ put (this object) for the tutelary deity of S²bʿn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Container » Goblet
MaterialSilver
Measuresh. 7.7, d. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍura
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kitchen 2009: 246, figs 25/10 (drawing), 29/10 (facsimile)Kitchen, Kenneth A. 2009. A glimpse of the wealth of the Shabwa nobility at the fall of the kingdom of Hadramawt. Pages 243-275 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Shabwa et son contexte architectural et artistique du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au IVe siècle après J.-C.. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 4. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ / Beirut: Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient.