CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE

TEXT


   1  [... ... ]Whbt s²ʿt S²rʿm lʾk[t ... ... ]w-bʾt-h w-fr[... ...]
   2  [... ...]nms²rt ḏ-b-hw ytʿmyn w-[.]ʿnw mmqby[... ...]
   3  [... ...]w ḥṣr-hw w-bʾry-hmw Rs¹n w-Rṯd bʿln[ ... ...]
   4  [... ...]rgm w-ʿlm w-ʿnmm w-ḥmfm w-ḏlf[... ...]
   5  [... ... R]ḥ[m]nn ʾrḍtm [.]y[.]m w-ṣrḏ r[.]whf[.]b[... ...]
   6  [... ... ]ṯny mḏmrn w-ṯty mwqntn b-mḥm[y]-hmw[ ... ...]
   7  [... ... R]ḥmnn ḏ-b-s¹myn hn ʿnn w-ywm[.]n ḏn s¹ṭrn[ ... ...]
   8  [... ... wrḫ]-hw ḏ-Mḏrʾn ḏ-ḫrhf [ ... ...]

Apparatus
The reading is based on Halevy's transcription, with some emendations suggested by CIH. However, some passages still remain obscure, and the lack of the photo to check the reading prevents us from any interpretation of the text.
4we probably deal with proper names.
8At the end of the line: bḏntn tmwn ḏryʾḫym, perhaps: ḏ-l-ts¹ʿt w-ʿs²ry w-ḫm[s¹ mʾtm]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShirāʿ
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe inscription was probably placed in an agricultural context. At Halevy's time the stone was reemployed in a synagogue.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gajda 1997: 155-156Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence).