CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Arbach et al. 2001: 77, fig.2

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  (w bn)[... ...]
   2  w-ḏt Ṣntm w-(ḏt)[... ...]
   3  Ḥrb w-b-mrʾy-s¹n N(bṭm)[... ... ṣ]—
   4  lmt-s¹n w-s¹qnyt-s¹n bn ms¹(n)[krm ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBayḥān, Museum, 514
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 15, w. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Ibn Ḥumayd
Ancient siteḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach et al. 2001: 44-45, fig. 2Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101.