CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1973 d: pl. 1/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍ[b mlk S¹bʾ hq]—
   2  ny l-mrʾ-hw [... ...]

Apparatus
1According the editor the word s³ḫ[l] is inscribed on the upper edge of the censer (not visible on the photograph). s³ḫl is a hapax translated "giuramento".
2Restoration proposed by the editor.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeWith truncated pyramidal base
MaterialStone
Link to object record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1973 d: 588-589, pl. 1/bGarbini, Giovanni 1973. Frammenti epigrafici sabei-II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/4: 587-593.