CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1973 d: pl. IV, d

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodE

TEXT


   1  Zydm
   2  ʿzrʾl
   3  ḏ-Yzd

Apparatus
1The reading of the monogramis not so sure. There is a little horizontal stroke above the triangle of the /d/ which may be read as a /g/.
2For a parallel to this name, see ʿḏrʾl, in RES 3943, 3. Worthy of note the orthography with /z/ istead of /ḏ/.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
Measuresh. 23, w. 13
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteẒafār
Ancient siteẒfr
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
NotesGarbini photographed the inscription in Mankaṯ, near Ẓafār.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1973 d: 593, pl. IV, dGarbini, Giovanni 1973. Frammenti epigrafici sabei-II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/4: 587-593.
Höfner 1981: 33-34Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.