CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 147
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]-hm[w] m[... ...]
   2  hwṯrn w-hs²qrn mqbr-hm[w... ...]
   3  Rbḫm ʿṯtr S²rqn w-Tʾlb bʿl ḏ-M[rmr ... ...w-]
   4  [b]ʿl Rḥbm w-mḍḥ-hmw w-s²ms¹-hmw [... ...]

Apparatus
2-3The editor thinks of a possible integration: w-rṯdw mqbr-hmw] Rbḫm ʿṯtr S²rqn.
3At the end the integration is based on Gr 219, 4: ʿrn ḏ-Mrmr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 25.5, w. 85, th. 20.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteQaṣr Shiʿla
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaBanū Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 40-41, photo 147Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]