CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

UAM 136


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The dating suggested involves that the language is Qatabanic. The text is labelled as a fragment of dedicatory inscription for the use of the b-ʾḏn formula.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  S²lwm w-(bk)[... ...]
   2  b-ʾḏn Wb d(y)[... ...]

Apparatus
1s²lwm w-(bḍ)[ʿm] (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach).
2d(ṯ)[ʾ] (Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach); for comparison of the name of god Wb, see UAM 210, UAM 212 and Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach, 104.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, University Museum, UAM 136
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 14.5, w. 24, th. 4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Bāṭāyiʿ and Arbach 2001: 103-104, fig. 1Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Arbach, Mounir 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Musée de l'Université d'Aden. Raydān, 7: 103-124.
Prioletta 2010: 172, 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.