CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [... ... qy](n) (Ṣ)rwḥ bn ʾbʿmr w-ʾqyn (Ṣ)[r]—
   2  [w]ḥ bnyw qbr-hmw Ygr gwlm[ ... ...]
   3  [w-b ʿṯt](r)-S²ymm w-b S¹mhʿly w-b ʾ[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] qyn of Ṣrwḥ, son of ʾbʾmr, and the ʾqyn of Ṣrwḥ
   2  built their tomb Ygr with full ownership rights [... ...]
   3  by ʿṯtr the Patron and by S¹mhʿly and by [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb Ygr
NotesThe stone is reemployed in the wall of a tower.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nebes 2009: 274-275, 278 (fig. 2)Nebes, Norbert 2009. Ein Erlaß des Gottes ʾAlmaqah zum Schutze der Grabanlagen in Ṣirwāḥ. Pages 267-278 in Werner Arnold, Michael Jursa, Walter W. Müller and Stephan Procházka (eds). Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica In memoriam Alexander Sima. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.