CSAI

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DASI

CIH 178


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 119, fig. 89
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ...] w-(K)l(b) w-H[.]s²ms¹
   2  [... ...]mw Ḏrḥʾl Yḫḍl w-ʾḫ-hw [... ...]
   3  [... ... ʿṯ]tr w-s²ym-hmw Tʾl[b ... ...]

Apparatus
1The line's reading is hypothetical. The second name could be Hfs²ms¹ (Rijziger 2018: 147).
2...h]mw (Rijziger 2018: 147).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 20, w. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 119 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Rijziger 2018: 147-148, fig. 29Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.