CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.5
Chronology
PeriodB

TEXT


   1  [... ...] w-mrṯd (N)krḥ w-W[d ... ...]
   2  [... ...] bn ʾbyt (ḍ)fw ʾ(ḥ)[ly ... ...]
   3  [... ...]w-trḏnm w-l-gzz (ḏ)[... ...]
   4  [... ... ʾhl ʾ]mnhtn ḥtfd w-tlw (ʾ)[... ...]
   5  [... ...](r)[... ...]

Apparatus
3Jamme 1971: 61 suggests the reading fn]wt-rḏnm "le canal des
villages"; at the end ḏ[n ftḥn] (RES).
5RES 3317 reads w-b-qdmh-s¹

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125135=1887,0629.16
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 17, w. 36, th. 10
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteSirāqa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Jawf
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1956: pl. XXVaPirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Jamme 1971 b: 61Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]