CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Agostini 2021 c: 774, fig. 2
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
Script cursusLeft to right
Measure of letters2.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

This incense burner was found in so-called "Later Minaean" levels of Barāqish extramural area, currently dated to an interval between the 2nd or 1st century BCE and the early or middle 1st century CE (Fedele 2021: 517-519), corresponding to the late Period B and Period C in DASI chronological grid.

TEXT


   1  rbq

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBarāqish, Museum, storeroom
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 9.4, w. 10.7, th. 9.1
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBarāqish
Ancient siteYṯl
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesFound during excavations in the extra-muros Area C.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agostini 2021 c: 774, fig.2Agostini, Alessio 2021. Area C. Il materiale epigrafico. Pages 773-778 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.
Fedele and Antonini 2021: 695, fig. 47Fedele, Francesco G. and Antonini, Sabina 2021. Area C. The Objects. Pages 657-719 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.
Fedele 2021Fedele, Francesco G. 2021. Excavations in Area C. Setting, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology. Pages 383-582 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.