CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


al-Salami 2011: 190, fig. 7a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters11
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  ʾws¹ʾ
   2  l Qynn
   3  w-ʾlrtʿ
   4  bn Ḥdṯm
   5  w-Tbʿm|
   6  bn Nṣrm
   7  w-Ḥy(w)[m]
   8  b[... ...] ↯
   9  bm [... ...]
  10  ʾrs²w
  11  ʿṯtr

Apparatus
1-11The letters m and d are written as their mirror images.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Architectural element » Column
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 33
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal al-Lawz
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaJabal al-Lawz
CountryYemen
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Provenance
Modern siteMadhbaḥ
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaJabal al-Lawz
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 25-27, fig. 7a-bal-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.