CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  Ḏrḥʾl Yḫḍl w-ʾḫ-hw bnw S¹—
   2  qrn ʾdm bn Btʿ brʾw byt-h—
   3  mw b-hgr-hmw ḏ-Qʿltm w-rṯdw by—
   4  t-hmw ʿṯtr

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏrḥʾl Yḫḍl and his brother, of the family
   2  S¹qrn, vassals of the family Btʿ, built their house
   3  in their city ḏ-Qʿltm and committed their
   4  house to ʿṯtr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 31, w. 53
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Jāhīlīya
Ancient siteḏ-Qʿltm
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

ʿAbdallāh 1989 b: 114-116, 119 (upper photo)ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1989. Mudawwana an-nuquš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Al-ʾIklīl, 7/2: 123-124.