CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: 95, pl.84
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.3

TEXT


   1  mʿmr Ḫl(y)[... ...]
   2  b-Rṣf(m)
   3  wn m[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue (mʿmr)
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 11.5, w. 10, th. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cleveland 1965: 95, pl. 84Cleveland, 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.