CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Jean-François Breton
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By kind permission of Jean-François Breton
photo
Breton 1998 c: 38, fig. 13
By kind permission of Jean-François Breton

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueCasting
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] (Qs³)mm [... ...]
   2  [... ...] ḥlfm ḏ[hbm ... ...]
   3  [... ... ]b-s¹ (m)l[... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-ʾb-s¹ [... ...]
   5  [... ...]S¹yn [... ...]

Apparatus
2For the integration, see RES 2693, 3: "a ḥlf of bronze".

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 187
Support typeArtefact » Plaque
MaterialBronze
Dimensionsh. 16.5, w. 12, th. 1.3
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context
NotesBâtiment 52, terrace nord-est
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Breton 1998 c: 30, 38, fig. 13Breton, Jean-François 1998. Le bâtiment 52. Pages 27-38 in Jean-François Breton (ed.). Fouilles de Shabwa III. Architecture et techniques de construction. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 3. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 154). Beirut: Institut Français d'Archéologie du Proche Orient.