CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Antonini 2021 a: 81, fig. 16
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT


   1  (q)s¹ṭ ← (ḥḏk) ← (r)nd ← ḍr(w)

Apparatus
The ḥ is written upside down. Reversed n.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 10 (tot), w. 11, th. 11; h. 7 (top)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesThe object was found on the surface outside the western city walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Antonini 1988: 133, fig. 1 (facsimile)Antonini, Sabina 1988. Nuovi incensieri iscritti yemeniti. Oriens Antiquus, 27: 133-141.
Antonini 2021 a: 81, fig. 16Antonini, Sabina 2021. Risultati della prima prospezione della Missione archeologica italiana a Barāqish nel 1986. Pages 63-94 in Sabina Antonini and Francesco G. Fedele (eds). Barāqish/Yathill (Yemen) 1986-2007. Volume 1: Excavations of Temple B and related research and restoration / Scavi del Tempio B e ricerche e restauri connessi. Oxford: Archaeopress.