CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1980: pl. 2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  S¹mhrym bn Krbʾl ʾḫ S¹mhʿly
   2  bny qyf ʾlm-hw |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S¹mhrym, son of Krbʾl, brother of S¹mhʿly,
   2  erected the stela of his ritual meal.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription (qyf)
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 19.5, w. 117, th. 24.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal al-ʿAmūd al-ʿAyraf
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1980: 29, pl. 2 (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1980. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XI. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A204866#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]
Hayajneh 2004 a: 135-136, fig. 35Hayajneh, Hani 2004. Eine Sammlung von fragmentarischen altsüdarabischen Inschriften aus dem Jemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15/1: 120-148.