CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Avanzini 1985: 19/1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  S²ms¹m

Apparatus
According to Avanzini, the name was probably followed by the Wd ʾb formula and the crescent and moon symbol.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Aqmār
Ancient siteYtrm
Geographical areaDhamār
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe stone is placed above a door of a private house.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1985: 96, pl. 19/1Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze.