CSAI

Corpus of Southern Middle Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Tschinkowitz 1969: pl. V
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.2-3
Chronology
PeriodD

TEXT


   1  s¹ṭr Ḥmʿṯt
   2  grbyn Qs²ẓyn

Apparatus
2Tschinkowitz reads Qs²myn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Inscription of Ḥmʿṯt,
   2  the stonemason, he of Qs²ẓ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteBaynūn
Ancient siteBynn
Geographical areaKhawlân
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
NotesIn the region of Baynūn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tschinkowitz 1969: 19, pl. VTschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.
Beeston 1976 a: 412-413, 423Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1976. Notes on Old South Arabian lexicography X. Le Muséon, 89: 407-423.