CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


CIH: i/iii, 285

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription was found near a cistern called ʿArīm al-Mādjil in the ruins of al-Qaṣr (350 m from Ruwaʾ).

TEXT


   1  [... ...]Rbs²ms¹m ʾ(ẓ)lm w[.]ḥ[... ...]n brʾw (by)t-hmw [... ...]
   2  ... ...s²[... ... ]w-mḥmt-hmw ḏ-M[... ...]tn [..]m[.]rt ḏ-qdm-hw w-nqzw [... ...]
   3  [... ...]wyn ḏ-(ḫ)l[.] byt-hmw [... ...]m[... ...]-(h)mw Tbʿkrb( )(Y)zʾn bn [... ...]
   4  [... ...]t-(h)mw w-b-kl[... ...] w-(ʿ)ṯtr b[ʿl] Mḏbʾ w-(Hbs¹) w-Tʾlb Rymm[ ... ...]
   5  [... ...]w-mn[ḍ](ḥ)y-hmw [... ...]-hmw

Apparatus
2mnrt (CIH), or mdrt.
4The god Hbs¹ is not readable in the facsimile.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteRuwaʾ
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Sawd
CountryYemen
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