CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters8
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The fragmentary texts Banī Bakr 36 and Banī Bakr 53 probably belong to the same inscription.

TEXT


   1  [... ... bn s²rs¹m ]ʿd frʿm b-ʿm w-b-ʾn(by)

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] from foundation to top, by ʿm and ʾnby.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBanī Bakr, 53 (Private collection)
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 14, w. 76, th. 45
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Hadīm
Ancient siteHdw
Geographical areaal-Ḥadd
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāṭāyiʿ 2002: 268, pl. 5/eBāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed 2002. Ahammiyya mawqiʿ Hadīm Qaṭnān (Hdw) fī al-ḥadd min ḫilāl al-muʿṭayāt al-aṯariyya wa-l-naqšiyya. Maǧallat Ğāmiʿa ʿAden li-l-ʿulūm al-iǧtimāʿiyya wa-l-insāniyya, 5/9: 265-287.