CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


al-Salami 2011: 200, fig. 16

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4

TEXT


   1  Ys²bm bn Brrm
   2  mrṯd< >ʿṯtr w-ʾ—
   3  lmqh ḏ-S²wḥṭ

Apparatus
1-3The letters m and d are written as their mirror-images.
2No word separator between mrṯd and ʿṯtr.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ys²bm, of the family Brrm,
   2  protegee of ʿṯtr and
   3  ʾlmqh ḏ-S²wḥṭ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
Measuresw. 12
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMuṣaybiḥ
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 43-44, fig. 16al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.