CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 1992 a: pl. 6/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.4

GENERAL NOTES

The decoration and the form of the letters suggest an archaic dating for this stela. This is an onomastic text, so we cannot define its language. It is to remember that in Haram in the archaic period both the Sabaic and Minaic languages are attested.

TEXT


   1  S¹bl

Apparatus
Space between b and l.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with eyes or stylized face
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 22.7, w. 15
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextFunerary context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 61, pl. 6/bRobin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 289Rossi, 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.