CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: 158, pl.102
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.4
Chronology
PeriodB2
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  [... ...](b)n Ydʿʾb m(k)[rb... ... ]
   2  [... ...Ḥ]wkm ḏ-ʾmr w-S²mr q[ẓr qyn rs²w ʿmm((ʿmm)) ... ...]
   3  [... ...](s³ḥr) w-rby ʿm Ryʿn [... ...]

Apparatus
1we can integrate S²hr Hll Yhnʿm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 14.5, w. 18, th. 6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cleveland 1965: 158, pl. 102Cleveland, 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.