CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


al-Salami 2011: 248, fig. 86

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The upper, right and lower parts of the inscription are missing.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...] ʿṯtr Ḥyw—
   2  [m ... ... ](b)-ʾrḍ-hmw w-kwn
   3  [... ... ]w-ms¹n(dn )[... ...] w-ʿṯtr

Apparatus
2-3Integrations by al-Salami 2011.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 21
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤuṣn Asʿad
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaBanū Shaddād
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿṯtr
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 104-105, fig. 86al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.