CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: pl.81/tc859

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾbyṯʿ
   2  Ġrbm

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of stela
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 11, w. 14.5, th. 8.5
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Necropolis
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1952 a: 80Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques de Ḥeid bin ʿAqil, la nécropole de Timnaʿ (Hagr Koḥlân). (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 30). Louvain: Publications universitaires.
Cleveland 1965: 77, pl. 81Cleveland, Ray L. 1965. An Ancient South Arabian Necropolis. Objects from the Second Campaign (1951) in Timnaʿ Cemetery. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 4). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.