CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Garbini 1988: pl. 42
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT


   1  | ʾlt s³ʾk Ḏmrkrb bn
   2  Yṯ[ʿ]ʾmr b-ʿm (Y)ṯ[ʿ]ʾmr B(y)[n] |
   3  w-b-ʿm Krbʾl [Wtr ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  These has captured Ḏmrkrb, son of
   2  Yṯʿʾmr, with Yṯʿʾmr Byn
   3  and Krbʾl Wtr [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShiʿb al-ʿAql
Ancient siteDnm (?) / ʾrydy (?)
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1988: 29-30, pl. 42Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.
Jamme 1989: 53Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]