CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: 156, pl.101
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

Ja 335 = TC 704+TC 791+TC 1046.

TEXT


   1  [... ...]m bn Yʿḏrʾ—
   2  l ʾgr S²hr w[... ...]

Apparatus
1-2Yʿḏrʾl is probably a patronymic.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
TopConcave
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 24.5, w. 36.7, th. 8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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CULTURAL NOTES

The title ʾgr "officer of the king" is attested only in the period A.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1952 a: 175-176Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires.
Cleveland 1965: 156, pl. 101Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.