CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


de Maigret 1981: pl. 8/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [...L]yʿṯt w-bn-hw Hrm[.] [..]—
   2  mrm bnw ḏ-ʾhgrn brʾw
   3  byt-hmw S²bʿn b-rs²wt
   4  Ḥywm bn S²mr Ẓbym ḫ[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyʿṯt and his son Hrm[... ...]
   2  mrm of the family ʾhgrn built
   3  their house S²bʿn during the priesthood of
   4  Ḥywm, son of S²mr Ẓbym [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMadīnat al-Ahjur
Ancient siteʾhgrn
Geographical areaal-Ḥadaʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

de Maigret 1981: pl. 8/ade Maigret, Alessandro 1981. Two prehistoric cultures and a new Sabaean site in the Eastern Highlands of North Yemen. Raydān, 4: 191-204.