KH 302 CSAI I, 140
Catalogue 2000: 354, cat. 265
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Similarly to KH 313, the palaeography of this text is strongly marked as being from an outlying area. Archaeologists suggest that the necropolis dates to the first century BC. The shape of some letters could suggest dating it to the period B. |
TEXT
1 [ʿ]ḏn ḏt Hfrʿ s¹—
2 (q)nyt Yʾs¹r ʿd
3 ʿqrm
| 3 | after ʿd usually we have the name of a temple, but as KH 313 shows ʿqrm is a toponym. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿḏn she of Hfrʿ de- 2 dicated to Yʾs¹r in 3 ʿqrm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | ad-Dāliʿ, Museum, KH 302 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela |
| Top | Concave |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 17, w. 10, th. 2.2 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shukaʿ |
| Ancient site | S²kʿm |
| Geographical area | al-Ḍāliʿ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Yʾs¹r is the main god worshipped in the necropolis of Shuka, located in the southern Yemeni plateau. Three short dedicatory texts mention this god: CSAI I, 140=KH 302, CSAI I, 128=CIAS T 62/p 8/54.10 and CSAI I, 141=KH 313.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Catalogue 2000: 354, cat. 265 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |