CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.3
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... ʿ]qrbn l-ʾlwd-s¹ w-byt-s¹ Yfʿn ʾrḍm
   2  [... ...](m) b-bḍʿ hgrn Rḥb ḥg ḥrg Wdm b-m—
   3  [s¹ʾl-s¹ ... ...l-y]zʾn ṣdq w-s¹ʾmn ʿqrbn b-kl ʾʾrḫ tkrb

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] ʿqrbn for his sons and his house Yfʿn, land
   2  [... ...] in the region of the town Rḥb as Wdm ordered in his o-
   3  racle [... ... ] and may He continually show favour and protection to ʿqrbn in all the things that he will ask (Him) for.
3"... in all the affairs (in which) he engages" (Avanzini 2004 a).
Avanzini 2004 a: 543Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 1646
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 27, w. 55, th. 12
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteRaḥaba
Ancient siteRḥb
Geographical areaWādī Raḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1981: 221-222, fig. 4, facsimilePirenne, Jacqueline 1981. Deux prospections historiques au sud-Yémen. Raydān, 4: 205-248.
CIAS: ii, 167-168, photoBeeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités
. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]
Drewes 2003: 120Drewes, Abraham J. 2003. The meaning of Sabaean mkrb, facts and fiction. Semitica, 51: 93-125.