CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Cleveland 1965: 99, pl.86

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision

TEXT

marker


   1  [ʿ]mḏkr bn ʾls²rḥ
   2  Ḥfnm w-ʾṭwl b-R—
   3  ṣfm

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 8.6, w. 14.8, th. 10.7
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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

Cleveland 1965: 99, pl. 86Cleveland, 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.