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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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AM 60.697 CIAS F 59/s 4/49.10 n° 7; CSAI I, 236; Ghul-YU 25


CIAS: ii, 326

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.5

GENERAL NOTES

The identification of AM 60.697 with CIAS F 59/s 4/49.10 n° 7 is plausible because the inscriptions present the same text. The photograph refers to CIAS F 59/s 4/49.10 n° 7.

TEXT

marker


   1  Mʿdʾl [... ...]
   2  bn Yṣ[... ...]

Apparatus
1[Ṣlḥn] (Jamme).
2Yṣ[dqʾl] (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, AM 60.697
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
Dimensionsh. 7, w. 3.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextFunerary context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1971 b: 124Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed]
CIAS: ii, 325-326 (photo)Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]
Hayajneh 2002: 193-194, fig. 2Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222.