CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1   [... ...] bn Bḥrn ḫdrn w-mhdrm w-mhṯfʾm [... ...]

Apparatus
1Considering Bḥrn a patronymic is hypothetical.
mhdrn (see CIH 359, 8, perhaps a fake), could be corrected into mḫdrn.
mhṯfʾn: see Arabic ṯafā "to follow, keep close to", is translated by the SD "neighbourhood".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solá Solé 1964: 14-15Solá Solé, Josep M. 1964. Inschriften aus Riyām. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 4. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 243/4). Vienna: Böhlaus.