CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Rijziger 2016: 19, fig. 24

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...hw]fy-hw ḏt tnbʾ-hw w-rṯd ʾw [... ...]
   2  [... ...w]b ḏt Ḥmym w-b s²ym-hw Tʾlb w-b s²ʿ(b) [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [...] he has fulfilled him what he had promised him and he has entrusted [...]
   2  [... and] by ḏt Ḥmym and by his tutelary deity Taʾlab and by [his/their(?) tribe ...]
Rijziger 2016: 19Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositKāniṭ, Museum
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteKāniṭ
Ancient siteʾknṭ
Geographical areaArhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rijziger 2016: 19, fig. 24Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573.