CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: 97, pl.35
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB2. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  ʾnmrm bn Ḏrʾ[... ... S²]—
   2  ymn ṣlm ḏhbn b-ḏ(t)[m ... ...]
   3  bn-s¹ww Ḏrʾkrb w-ʿ[... ...]

Apparatus
1Ḏrʾ[ could be a name of a group; we can integrate: [s¹qny ʾnby S²]ymn

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 11.8, w. 13.7, th. 9.9
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
NotesThe inscription probably comes from the sanctuary of Rṣfm, located at the west side of Ḥayd ibn ʿAqīl necropolis (see for example Ja 354).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cleveland 1965: 97, pl. 85Cleveland, 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.