CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 5/13

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.7
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]b s³lʾt ḏt Ns²q[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...]tmr ḏt Ns²q b[... ...]
   3  [... ... ḏ](t) Ns²q ʾḏn-s¹ w-w[ld-s¹ ... ...]

Apparatus
2... tʾ]tmr (Arbach).
3rṯd ḏ]t Ns²q (Arbach).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 28, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteal-Bayḍāʾ
Ancient siteNs²qm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
NotesAccording to the editors, this text comes from al-Bayḍāʾ (Ns²qm), because it is a dedication to the goddess ḏt Ns²q.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 25, pl. 5/13Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic]