CSAI

Collection of the objects from The British Museum


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.8
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... ]S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn
   2  [... ... ]ʾmlk S¹bʾ w-lm ʾ—
   3  [... ...] ḥwrw b-s³n w-mʿb—
   4  [r ... ...] w-qṭnm s¹tydʿn
   5  [... ...] b-wrḫ ḏ-S¹b—
   6  [... ...]

Apparatus
5-6ḏ-*ʾ*b[hy] (RES).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 104398 (=1911,0513.4)
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 22.5, w. 25.5, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 175-176Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200.
Höfner 1973: 69-70, pl. XVI, 1Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.