CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


By kind permission of K. Noman

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  ʾ[.]t bny
   2  [.]kbrm hwṯrw
   3  ḏtn ʿqdn |
   4  (w)[..](l) fʿln ḏ[... ...]

Apparatus
2-3"Hanno posto le fondamenta a questo arco" (?) (Avanzini 1985: 103).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 93, w. 100, th. 77
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Ḥaraja
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
NotesFrom the south-east part of the city of al-Ḥaraja.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1985: 102-103, pl. 28Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze.