CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Robin 1992 a: pl.20/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  Ṣdq ḏ-S²b—
   2  ʿt hqny
   3  Mtbnṭy→[n]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṣdq ḏ-S²bʿt
   2  dedicated
   3  to Mtbnṭyn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAsmara, Archaeological Museum
Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 21, w. 15, th. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 59-60, (facsimile)Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112.
Gaudio 1953: 38 (photo)Gaudio, Attilio 1953. Comunicazione sulla collezione archeologica sudarabica del Museo Archeologico dell'Asmara nel suo ordine di classificazione. Il Bollettino, 1/11: 31-49. [Istituto di Studi Etiopici, Asmara]
Pirenne 1956: 307, pl. IX/fPirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Anfray 1965: pl. IVAnfray, Francis 1965. Le Musée Archéologique d'Asmara. Rassegna studi etiopici, 21: 5-15.
Robin 1992 a: 121-122, pl. 20/bRobin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 277Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.