CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: pl.84/tc654

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  (Ṯ)wbʾl [... ...]—
   2  w ʾnby ṣ[lm ... ...]
   3  [.] ʾʾḏ(n)-(s¹)[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 10.8.5, w. 10.6, th. 5.3
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤayd Ibn ʿAqīl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾnby S²ymn bʿl Rṣfm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1952 a: 173-174Jamme, 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: 93, pl. 84Cleveland, 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.