CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.8-4.2
Textual typologyLegal text

TEXT


   1  Mʿtdm bn ʾb[s²]bm
   2   (ʿ)s¹y ḫdrn

Apparatus
2Before (ʿ)s¹y there is place for few letters, but Tschinkowitz esteems the inscription complete.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mʿtdm son of ʾbs²bm,
   2  acquired the grave.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJuwwat Zāid
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tschinkowitz 1969: 18Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.