CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueCast

TEXT


   1  (b)-nfs¹
   2  n[.]n[.]

Apparatus
1The letter "b" is reversed.
2The second letter is similar to the reversed "b" of the l. 1.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 45, Sem 46, Sem 47
Support typeArtefact » Plaque » With figurative scene
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 7.6, w 5.6; h. 7.7, w. 5.3; h. 7.9, w. 4.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Jāhīlīya
Ancient siteḏ-Qʿltm
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Grohmann 1927: 173, fig. 71Grohmann, Adolf 1927. Zur Archäologie Südarabiens. Pages 143-176 in Ditlef Nielsen (ed.). Die altarabische Kultur. Ditlef Nielsen, Handbuch der altarabischen Altertumskunde. 1. Copenhagen: A. Busck.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1958 b: 135Ryckmans, Gonzague 1958. Notes épigraphiques. Cinquième série. VIII. Le sens de quelques termes usités comme titres de stèles. Le Muséon, 71: 125-139.