CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Pirenne 1990: pl. XLIV/d
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  (Y)ṯʿ(k)rb bn (S¹)m(hk)rb bn [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositOxford, The Ashmolean Museum, 1952.532
Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialMarble
Measuresw. 62
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brown and Beeston 1954: 51Brown, W.L. and Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Sculptures and Inscriptions from Shabwa. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 43-62.
Jamme 1956 b: 147-148Jamme, Albert W.F. 1956. Remarks on the South-Arabian Inscriptions Hamilton 3-13. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1956: 146-156.
Pirenne 1990: 48-49, pl. XLIV/dPirenne, 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]