CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 33, pl. 22

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 26.5, w. 162
Decoration
Figurative subjectAnimal » Snake
      Part of animal bodyComplete figure
      Animal gestureLeaping
Notes on support and decorationsWell cut rectangular stone polished in the central part, where the inscription is carved. On right and left sides are two symmetrical rectangles with rough surfaces. The epigraph is framed with two stylized snakes.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-ʿĀdī
Ancient siteBrn
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
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Provenance
Modern siteal-Nashshāf
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaBarrān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological context: In 1978 this stone was at al-Nashshāf, district in the plain of Barrān, waiting for reemployment in modern building.
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleNihm/Barrān 3
ConcordanceMAFRAY-al-Nashshāf 1
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2016: 97-100, pl. 22Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux]