CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1988: pl. 40/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  Lḥyṯt bn Ġ—
   2  lftn Yhrʿd

Apparatus
1Lḥyṯt is written without "ʿ" (Lḥyʿṯt) as usual in South-Arabic.
1-2Garbini points out that the ending -n of the proper name Ġlftn suggests that it is originated as an appellative, probably with the meaning of "uncircumcised".

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShiʿb al-ʿAql
Ancient siteDnm (?) / ʾrydy (?)
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1988: 25, pl. 40/aGarbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.
Jamme 1989: 65-66Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]