CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1988: pl. 39/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT


   1  ʾlt s³ʾk |
   2  S¹mhs¹mr bn
   3  Hls¹m b-ʿm |
   4  Krbʾ(l) Dn—
   5  m w-ʾrydy

Apparatus
2Jamme reads S¹mhʾmr.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  These has captured
   2  S¹mhs¹mr, son of
   3  Hls¹m, with
   4  Krbʾl at Dn ‒
   5  m and ʾrydy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShiʿb al-ʿAql
Ancient siteDnm (?) / ʾrydy (?)
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1988: 24-25, pl. 39/bGarbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.
Jamme 1989: 70-71Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]