CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Marginal Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  ʿrk b<n>-S¹rq ḥfr qbr S¹mmy

Apparatus
1It is not sure whether S¹rq is a patronymic or it is a name of group.
In Ryckmans's facsimile, there is no word separator (only an empty space) between ḥfr and qbr.
Aberrant ḥ.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿrk son of S¹rq dug the tomb of S¹mmy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteʿAyn ar-Rais
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaNorthern Ḥijāz
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1965: 218, 227 (facsimile)Ryckmans, Gonzague 1965. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Vingtdeuxième série. Le Muséon, 78: 215-228.