CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Rathjens 1953: 146, photo 48
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief

TEXT


   1  [... ...]ʿṯ bn[... ...]

Apparatus
CIH's reading implies that the stone is reemployed upside down. However it seems also possible a reading [... ...]nb ṯʿ[... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 24
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām-Kawkabān
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaal-Maḥwīt
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rathjens 1953: 146 (photo) 48Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.