CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Avanzini 1985: pl. 32/2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  ʿydm bn ʾḥdd
   2  Grtyn bny w-hs²qrn

Apparatus
2The nisbe is unusually formed from the name of the clan, Grt.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿydm descendant of ʾḥdd
   2  from Grt constructed and completed.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteNaʿḍ
Ancient siteNʿḍ
Geographical areaWaʿlān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesInserted in a house wall.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1985: 105-106, pl. 32/2Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze.