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).

Yashhal 26 LC 1


Arbach 2016: 270
By kind permission of Missione Archeologica Italiana nella Repubblica dello Yemen (©MAIRY)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.2
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] ʾmtlt |
   2  [... ... ]w-bḥtn s¹qn—
   3  [... ... ]ḥg tkrbt-s¹

Apparatus
1The proper name is feminine as it is clear from tkrbt-s¹.
2Arbach translates "et l'objet votive qu'il a offert". But the dedicator is a woman and bḥtn is not in the construct state. It seems better to integrate w-bḥtn s¹qn[yt-s¹]: "and the slab as her dedication".
3Arbach translates: "avec ce qu'il Lui avait destiné". The right translation is: "as she asked Him/Her".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 13, w. 15.5, th. 7
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar Kuḥlān
Ancient siteTmnʿ
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple Ys²hl (of the goddess ʾṯrt).
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach 2016: 270, fig.Arbach, Mounir 2016. Annexe : les inscriptions du temple d'Athirat (II. Il tempio di Athirat : rapporto finale degli scavi 1999-2000). Pages 259-287 in Alessandro de Maigret and Christian J. Robin (eds). Gli scavi Italo-Francesi di Tamnaʿ (Repubblica dello Yemen). Rapporto finale. (Orient & Méditerranée, 20). Paris: De Boccard.