CIAS 39.11/r 9/P 12 n° 4
CIAS: i, 395
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 (M)[... ...]
2 [... ...] ʾrḍ-
3 hw Rd(y)[... ...]
4 [... ... ]hs¹fr w-
5 [... ...]
| 1 | Pirenne integrates: [... ... bn ... ...]. |
| 2 | Pirenne integrates: [hqny ʾlmqh]. Jamme 1985: 264 integrates [... ... b-]ʾrḍ. |
| 3 | Pirenne integrates: [.. l ... ...] |
| 4 | Pirenne integrates: [... ... w-]. Pirenne translates hs¹fr as a verb: "qu'Il la rende belle"; Jamme thinks that it should be interpreted as a proper name. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 453 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 38, w. 32.5, th. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: i, 92, 395-396, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |
| Jamme 1985 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |