CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


By kind permission of S. Rijziger

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief

TEXT


   1  [... ...](r)rn w-t(b)ql-hmw ḏ-Qʿḏn (ʾḥt) ʿ(s²r)[... ...]
   2  [... ...] w-b-mqm mrʾy-hmw Nṣrm Yhʾmn (w)-[... ...]

Apparatus
1RES, at the beginning: [... ... byt-hmw W]trn.
RES, at the end: byt ʿṣ[... ...], while Robin 1977: ʾḥt ʿs²(r)[... ...] (reading confirmed thanks to the recent photo by S. Rijziger).
2Possible integration on the basis of RES 4994: w-[Ṣdq Yhṭl bny Hmdn].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 45, w. 25
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteNāʿiṭ
Ancient siteNʿṭm
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe stone is now reemployed in the outside wall of the village mosque (thanks to S. Rijziger for the information).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 106, (facsimile)Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112.
Nāmī 1943: 52-53Nāmī, Khalīl Y. 1943. Našr nuqūš sāmīyya qadīma min ǧanūb bilād al-ʿarab wa-šarḥu-hā. al-Qāhira: al-Maṭbaʿa al-ʿIlmī al-Faransī li-l-Āṯār al-Šarqiyya.
Grjaznevič 1978: 21, fig. 8Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
Robin 1977 a: 362Robin, Christian J. 1977. Le pays de Hamdān et Ḫawlān Quḍāʾa (Nord-Yémen) avant l'Islam. (Université Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris I).