CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...](m)yfʿ ḏ-Bs²ẓ—
   2  [... ...] r s²wʿ ʿṯtr |
   3  [... ...](b)r w-ʾbʾmr
   4  [... ...]ʾmr qyn
   5  [... ...] (s³)[... ...]

Apparatus
1S¹]myfʿ or ʿ]myfʿ.
5letter s³ in archaic style. We're tempted to integrate s³[lʾ, but this would imply for the text to be in Minaic.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, Military Museum, B 7082
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 40, w. 33, th. 13
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
NotesThe catalogue reports a provenance from Mārib. However, a doubt remains that the piece should rather come from a city of al-Jawf (cf. the cultural note).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rossi 2022: 383-384, 495, fig. 75Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.