CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 30
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4 (lines 1-2)
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]md w-(B)r(g) w-[...]krb bnw Yrm[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...]hn w-rkb-hmy ḥg-n wqh-hmw Tʾlb b-[ms¹ʾl-hw ... ...]
   3  [... ...]m w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-mng[t... ...]
   4   [... ... m]s²ymt-hmw b-s²ym-hmw Tʾlb R(y)[mm ... ...]

Apparatus
1Brg: uncertain reading.
2At the beginning Rijziger integrates: frs¹n]hn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]ʾ, Brg and [...]krb descendants of Yrm [... ...]
   2  [... ...] their riders according to what Tʾlb ordered them in His oracle [... ...]
   3  [... ...] prosperous faculties, material resources and events [... ...]
   4  [... ...] their fields. By their patron Tʾlb Rymm [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositKāniṭ, Museum
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 21.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Qarya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReemployed in al-Qarya mosque.
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Origin
Modern siteKāniṭ
Ancient siteʾknṭ
Geographical areaArhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1982 a: ii, 62-63, pl. 30Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.
Rijziger 2016: 11-12, fig. 16Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573.