CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

In this inscription ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb could be mentioned as a leader before his accession to the kingship.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [ʾ](l)s²rḥ (ʾ)k(br)w [... ...]—
   2  lm qṭ(ṭ)[ ... ...]
   3  (|)mʿs¹ʾ w-m[... ...]
   4  [m]qbrtm( )[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām-Kawkabān
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaal-Maḥwīt
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tschinkowitz 1969: 10-11Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.