CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Tschinkowitz 1969: pl. III (bottom)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters2.3 (min.); 4 (max.)
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  (R)ḥbm bn (G)ʿmt hwfy
   2  Mʿdʾl bn Bḥrn hw(f)[y]
   3  Rymm ʾḏrʿ bn Ḏḍb
   4  (ʿ)mm [....] ḫryftm
   5  Krb ʾs²wʿ bn Gm((Lm))

Apparatus
5The last name could be incomplete.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Rḥbm, son of Dʿmt, offered;
   2  Mʿdʾl, son of Bḥrn, offered;
   3  Rymm ʾdrʿ, son of Ḏḍb;
   4  ʿmm [….] the years
   5  Krb ʾs²wʿ, son of Gm.
1-2Tschinkowitz translates hwfy as "hat erfüllt" ("he accomplished").

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteDhaybān
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaQāʾ Ṣanaʿā
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tschinkowitz 1969: 13, pl. IIITschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1934-1935: vol. I, 222Ryckmans, Gonzague 1934-1935. Les noms propres sud-sémitiques. (3 vols), (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 2). Louvain: Bureaux du Muséon.