CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Pirenne 1990: pl. XLIV/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.5
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  [... ... H]wbs¹ bn [ ... ...]
   2  [... ...]-hw ywm hy[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositOxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1952.505
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 39, w. 30
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brown and Beeston 1954: 53, pl. XXII/1Brown, W.L. and Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Sculptures and Inscriptions from Shabwa. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 43-62.
Jamme 1956 b: 148-149Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Remarks on the South-Arabian Inscriptions Hamilton 3-13. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1956: 146-156.
Pirenne 1990: 47, pl. XLIV/aPirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient]