CSAI

Collection of the objects from the Yemeni museums


By kind permission of GOAM

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5

GENERAL NOTES

The text is a fake (see AM 202A).

TEXT


   1  nfs¹ Ḏbn bn Krbl←t Ḥbztn w-l s²←ʿn ʿṯtryn-ḏ-ys²trn

Apparatus
"Et qu'empoigne ʿAṯtar celui qui [la] fractionnerait" (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 479=AM 202
Support typeArtefact » Stela (nfs¹)
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 39, w. 34, th. 13
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern sitean-Nuqūb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Doe 1971: 33, pl. 1Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson.
Jamme 1971 b: 119Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Robin 1991-1993 a: 135-136, fig. 34Robin, Christian J. (ed.) 1991-1993 [1992]. L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud.