CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)

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RES 2648 CIH 868


Fakhry 1952: 54, fig. 20
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  [... ...] l-fnwt ḏ-Yṣr [... ...]
   2  [... ... ... ...]ṯ bn ʾhlʾl [... ...]

Apparatus
2Fresnel quotes [... ...]yl bn ʾhlʾl[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 60, h. 27
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
NotesThe fragment of stela was reemployed in ancient times into the eastern side of the gate of Ṣrwḥ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: 41 n. 9, fig. 20 (facsimile)Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Höfner 1976: 28Höfner, Maria 1976. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (II Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 12. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 304/5). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.