CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: pl.84/tc1172
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision

TEXT


   1  mʿmr S²mnr bn ʾbḥḍ b-Rṣf—
   2  m Ẓfryn |

Apparatus
2at the end of the line, there is a m partially erased.
The dedicator seems be an inhabitant of Ẓafār.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue (mʿmr)
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 8.8, w. 25, th. 14.5
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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

Jamme 1952 a: 203-204Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires.
Cleveland 1965: 85, 96, 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.