CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Pirenne 1979: 209, 217-218, pl. XIII

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Inscription of the recent period of Bā-Quṭfa, probably to be dated around the 1st c. BC, and palaeographically characterized by a thick stroke ("Stile dal tratto spesso": see Prioletta).

TEXT

marker


   1  Ṣdqḏḫr bn Rʾbs²ms¹ s¹qn[y S¹yn ... ...]
   2  s¹ṭr-s¹ w-tḍʾ b-ʾḏn S¹yn n[fs¹-s¹ w-w]—
   3  ld-s¹ w-qny-s¹

Apparatus
At l.1 Pirenne integrates: [S¹yn ḏ-Ḥls¹m]; at l.2: n[fs¹-s¹ w-ʾḏn-s¹ w-w]ld-s¹.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṣdqḏḫr son of Rʾbs²ms¹ dedicated to S¹yn
   2  his inscription and placed under the will of S¹yn his life and his
   3  children and his properties.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBā-Quṭfa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of S¹yn ḏ-Ḥls¹m
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1979: 209, 217-218, pl. XIIIPirenne, Jacqueline 1979. L'apport des inscriptions à l'interprétation du temple de Bā-Quṭfah. Raydān, 2: 203-241.
Prioletta 2006 a: 282 (photo)Prioletta, Alessia 2006. Appunti per una nuova sistemazione cronologica delle iscrizioni di Raybūn e della valle dello Ḥaḍramawt 2. Le iscrizioni di Bā-Quṭfa. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 29: 269-286.