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CIAS F 59/s 4/49.10 n° 1 RES 3902 N° 71; Ja 75; C 69; CSAI III, 15


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodC

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿmyṯʿ Ġyln g—
   2  (s²m ml)[k] ʾws¹n

Apparatus
1-2RES wrongly reads Lḥy as a third proper name; gs²m could be a term "officer, bodyguard", or the third name of the onomastic formula. In the last case, ʿmyṯʿ Ġyln would be the king of Awsan (see CIAS).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 621=AM 60.690
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsh. 14.5 (base: 8.5), w. 27, th. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Markha)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Markha
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen 1926: 563, pl. XII, fig. 16Jaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582.
CIAS: ii, 317-318, photoBeeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]
Antonini 2001: 99, pl. 52Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]