CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  Rbs²ms¹ ʾs²w w-bny-hw S¹ʿdʾwm Yġnm w-Rṯ[... ... by]—
   2  t-hmw Bkrm b-rdʾ w-mqm mrʾ-hmw S¹ḫmn Yhṣb(ḥ) [... ... byt]—
   3  t-hmw ʿṯtr-S²rqn w-s²ym-hmw Tʾlb Rymm w-m[nḍḥ-hmw ... ...]

Apparatus
1brʾw w-hs²qrn by]t-hmw (CIH); bny b]yt-hmw (Müller).
2-3w-rṯdw by]t-hmw (Müller).
3w-m[nḍḥ-hmw bʿl Wklm (Müller, cf. CIH 172-CIH 241 and Ja 562, 1-3).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 25, w. 115
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house Bkrm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 1972 a: 84-85, pl. XI, fig. 33Müller, Walter W. 1972. Epigraphische Nachlese aus Ḥāz. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 1: 75-85.