CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.1

TEXT


   1  ḍrwm → lbny → qs¹ṭm → rndm

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, University Museum, UAM 214
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 9.9, w. 8.7, th. 8.7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Lajiya
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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CULTURAL NOTES

lbny and rndm appear in the pre-Islamic poetry, in the Islamic sources, as Yemeni products (Bāfaqīh 1990: 44); see RES 4255.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prioletta 2010: 177, photoPrioletta, Alessia 2010. I musei dello Yemen 3. Le iscrizioni del wādī Lajiya al Museo dell'Università di Aden. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 33: 169-186.
Bāfaqīh 1990: 44Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1990. al-šiʿr al-jāhilī wa-l-Yaman. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 41.