CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1981: pl. 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Measure of letters8
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  ʿlqb bn Ftḥm hqn—
   2  y ʾlmqh kl wld-hw

Apparatus
2The letters k and d are reversed.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿlbq, son of Ftḥm, dedi-
   2  cated to ʾlmqh all his children.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown (Private collection)
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 20, w. 54.3, th. 11.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Hāmid
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaTihāma centrale
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
NotesThe stone inscription was discovered in a small site located 5 km east of al-Hāmid.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1981: 96, pl. 1Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität.