CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)

DASI

Av. al-Abl 2


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  [... ... ](ʿ)hdw w-rṯd S²mr w-bnw [... ...]
   2  [... ... ʿ]ṯtr bʿl Ṣnʿ w-ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm w-ʿṯtr bʿl [... ...]
   3  [... ...]m w-ʿhdw w-rṯd s¹r-hmw ḏ-ʿly bn ḫṭʾ w[... ...]
   4  [... ...]-hw w-ʾḍrk-hw w-fnywt-hw w-ʾzlt-hw w-[... ...]
   5  [... ...]w w-kl mwdt-hw w-l yʿtbrnn kl ʾlʾlt [... ...]
   6  [... ...]nqy[... ...]

Apparatus
6Some more letters are partially visible: [... ...](lb)[... ...](m)[... ...](ṯt)[... ...](nqy)[... ...] (Avanzini).

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI (following Avanzini 1986)
English

   1  [... ...] S²mr and the banū [... ...] took care and placed under divine protection [... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʿṯtr Lord of Ṣnʿ and ʿṯtr ḏ-ʾlmm and ʿṯtr Lord of [... ...]
   3  [... ...] they took care and placed under divine protection their valley field which is in high, against the offense and [... ...]
   4  [... ...] of him and its cisterns and its canals and its drainage platforms and [... ...]
   5  [... ...] and all his "friends", and may all the gods take under their protection [... ...]
   6  [... ...]
Avanzini 1986: 200Avanzini, Alessandra 1986. La missione dell'Università di Firenze nello Yemen del Nord: notizie preliminari su alcuni risultati della campagna del dicembre 1985. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 9: 199-207.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 29, w. 37, th. 14
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Abl
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMayfaʿat ʿAns
CountryYemen
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Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteḤammat Dhīyāb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMayfaʿat ʿAns
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1986: 200-202, pl. III/4Avanzini, Alessandra 1986. La missione dell'Università di Firenze nello Yemen del Nord: notizie preliminari su alcuni risultati della campagna del dicembre 1985. Egitto e Vicino Oriente, 9: 199-207.