CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 61; CIH: i/iii, 283
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

CIH proposed to consider CIH 270 and CIH 271 as fragments of the same inscription, but this hypothesis is most likely to be rejected on the palaeographical basis, cf. r and m.

TEXT


   1  [... ...](b)n Ḥywm R(t)[ʿ] bn ʿmrtʿ hq(nyw) [N]ws²m

Apparatus
1Robin's reading.
CIH: hqn(y) [N]ws²m, as in fact there seem not to be enough space to read the w, the separator and the n.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 28, w. 92
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteRuwaʾ
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Sawd
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1982 a: ii, 96-97, pl. 61Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.