CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1954 c: fig. 39
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

The text is engraved on the left part of the horse's rump. On the basis of the writing style, it is probably later than the main inscription on the horse's shoulder Ja 489 A.

TEXT


   1  S²rḥb(ʾl)[ ](ḏ)-Mʿhr

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWashington, Dumbarton Oaks, DO 38.12
Support typeArtefact » Sculpture in the round » Animal figure
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 102, w. 106
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteGhaymān
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaGhaymān
CountryYemen
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Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
NotesThe horse is said to have come from a site south of Ṣanʿāʾ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1954 c: 324, 328-329, figs 39, 40-41Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. Inscriptions on the Sabaean Bronze Horse of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 8: 315, 317-330.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1973 c: 73-74, figs 9a-b, 13aRyckmans, Jacques 1973. Notes sur le cheval de bronze de Dumbarton Oaks (avec des remarques techniques de I. Vandevivere). Revue des Archéologues et Historiens d'Art de Louvain, 6: 38-74.
Ryckmans, Jacques 1975: 300-301, 303, figs 3a, 4aRyckmans, Jacques 1975. The Pre-Islamic South Arabian Bronze Horse in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection; with Technical Remarks by I. Vandevivere. Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 29: 285-303.
Jändl 2009: 155-157Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.
Stupperich and Yule 2014: 360Stupperich, Reinhard and Yule, Paul 2014. Himyarite period bronze sculptural groups from the Yemenite highlands. Pages 338-367 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). Arabian and Islamic studies. A collection of papers in honour of Mikhail Borishovich Piotrovskij on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Moskow.