CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Kitchen 1995: pl. 9
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SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 56, w. 20
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeTotschläger
      Symbol's referenceGod: ʾlmqh
Chronology
PeriodMiddle
Notes on support and decorationsTraces of brownish pigment.

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Bayḍāʾ
Ancient siteNs²qm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl S²bʿn
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleShibʿanu-Nashq 1
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kitchen 1995: 75-81, pl. 9Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1995. A royal administrator in Nashqum and Najrān under the Ḥimyarite king Shammar Yuharʿish. c. AD 290, and a squire from Sanaa. With a note by Alfred F.L. Beeston. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 25: 75-81.