CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)

DASI

RES 3232-42 CIH 925


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodE

GENERAL NOTES

Mordtmann-Mittwoch (in RES) joined this fragment to RES 3232-42 and RES 3232-44.
Gajda 1997: 164 suggests reading the three fragments of RES 3232 in the following order: l. 1=l. 1 of CIH 926; l. 2=l. 1 of CIH 925 and l .2 of CIH 926; l. 3=l. 1 of CIH 923, l. 2 of CIH 925, l. 3 of CIH 926; l. 4=l. 2 of CIH 923, l. 3 of CIH 925, l. 4 of CIH 926.

TEXT


   1  [... ...]w-ṣlt-hmw bllm w-[.]w[... ...]
   2  [... ...]ʾls¹ny-hmw rs¹t[.] l[... ...]
   3  [... ...]ʿy w-bn Hbʾs¹ w-b-s²ym[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125065=1881,1206E.9
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measures21.5, w. 43.5, th. 9.3
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gajda 1997: 163-164Gajda, 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).