CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


CIH: i/iii, 292

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

CIH considers the inscription probably original from Ṣirwāḥ Arḥab.

TEXT


   1  [... ...]bmb[... ...]n yh[... ...]
   2  [... ...]w-s²qrn hgr-hw Ḥr(y)[... ...]((Ḥr(ṯ)[... ...]))
   3  [... ...]r ʾb-hw Rymm((Rymm)) b-mqm s²[ym-hw ... ...]
   4  [... ...]T(ʾ)lb Rymm bʿl Trʿ(t)[ ... ...]
   5  [... ...]g-hw Tʾlb bry ʾḏnm (w)[... ...]
   6  [... ...]ʾ-hw w-b ḏt ʾl ʾs¹y mfnw[... ...]
   7  [... ...]ḥ[.]w[...](n)ʿmtm ḫrft ms¹k w-y[... ...]

Apparatus
Letters m and l are reversed.
2-3w-<h>s²qrn hgr-hw Ḥrṯ[tm b-ʾm]r (CIH).
3<w>-b-mqm (CIH).
4-5[b-ḏt s¹ʿ]d-hw (CIH).
6ʾl s¹ʾl s²f<t>-hw (CIH).
7w-s¹ʿd]-hw ḥẓym w-nʿmtm ḫrft ms¹ʾl[-h]w (CIH).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJirʿan
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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