CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.3
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT


   1  [... ...](ʾʿ)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]m (h)l[... ...]t ṣḥft (f)-(l)[..](fl)[... ...]
   3  [... ...]-(s¹)m ʾw(s¹ʾ)l (w)-(b)-kl [... ...]
   4  [... ... ʾ]ws¹(ʾ)l w-bhn-(s¹) w(qr)[... ...]
   5  [... ...]rtlw [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 31, w. 35
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteDarb aṣ-Ṣabī
Ancient siteFṯʿn
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Nkrḥ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin, Breton and Ryckmans, Jacques 1988: 129-130, pl. 10Robin, Christian J., Breton, Jean-François and Ryckmans, Jacques 1988. Le sanctuaire minéen de Nkrḥ à Darb aṣ-Ṣabî (environs de Barâqiš). Rapport préliminaire (seconde partie). Étude des inscriptions. Raydān, 5: 91-158.