CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

Indexes
Tools
Record’s details
CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).

MQ-Bayt aṣ Ṣuraymī 6 CSAI I, 105


Arbach et al. 2001: 62-63, fig. 37

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.4
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  S²[..]m (bn) ʿ[... ...]—
   2  m[..]r [s¹]qn—
   3  y ʿ[m] ḏ-[..]r
   4  nf[s¹]-s¹ w-ʾḏ—
   5  n-s¹ w-kl wl—
   6  d-s¹ (b)-ʿm w-(b)
   7  ʾnby w-b Y—
   8  dʿʾb Ygl

Apparatus
1-2the editors read [ʿ](mḏḫ)r.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²[..]m son of ʿ-
   2  m[..]r dedicated
   3  to ʿm ḏ-[..]r
   4  his life and his fa-
   5  culties and all his chil-
   6  dren; by ʿm and by
   7  ʾnby and by Y-
   8  dʿʾb Ygl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown, Unknown (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Stela
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 58.5, w. 35
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteBayt aṣ-Ṣuraymī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Rīyāshīya
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʿm
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 62-63, fig. 37Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.