CSAI

Corpus of Early Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


By kind permission of Jean-François Breton

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription could have the following concordance MAFYS-Ḍuraʾ 9, quoted but not published inscription by Bāfaqīh (see Bāfaqīh 1993: 80).

TEXT


   1  [... ...](k)rbm rs²w Wb w-[... ...]
   2  [... ...]-hmy b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlm—
   3  [qh w-]b ḏt-Ḥmym w-[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositʿAtaq, Museum, ATM 93
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 25, w. 43, th. 6
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteHajar am-Dhaybiyya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Ḍura
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bāfaqīh 1993: 80Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1993. Duraʾ et al-Mashriq dans les inscriptions. Pages 77-84 in Jean-François Breton and Muḥammad ʿA. Bāfaqīh. Trésors du Wādī Duraʾ (République du Yémen). Fouilles franco-yémenites de la nécropole de Hajar am-Dhaybiyya. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner.