CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: pl.97/tc699

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.3

TEXT

marker


   1  [mʿ](mr) Wdʿt ḏt byt [... ...]
   2  w-ʿbdʾl w-Hllm w-Ġḍ(r)[n]
   3  [... ...](w)-bn Ḥḍrm b-Rṣfm

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab (mʿmr)
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 15. 5, w. 20. 6, th. 5.2
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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: 200-201, pl. III/aJamme, 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: 145-146, pl. 97Cleveland, 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.