CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Le vase Foroughi


Pirenne 1990: pl. LXV, a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

The item is dated to the 4th-5th c. AD (Pirenne, quoting the stylistic analysis of P. Calmeyer). The text script, however, is only slightly more recent than that of some similar exemplars dated to period D (e.g. LPC 6).

TEXT


   1  Gs²mm bn Rbʿt s²n((s²m))

Apparatus
It is not easy to read the text from the photos, but the verb could be s²m instead of s²n.

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  Gs²mm son of Rbʿt moulded (or: put).
The second translation of the verb follows a different reading (see the text and the Apparatus notes).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown, Foroughi collection (Private collection)
Support typeArtefact » Container » Jug
MaterialBronze
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Unknown
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1990: 83-84, pls LXVb, LXVa-bPirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient]
ʿAlī ʿAqīl and Antonini 2007: 214, photosʿAlī ʿAqīl,ʿAzza and Antonini, Sabina 2007. Bronzi sudarabici di periodo preislamico. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 3. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Jändl 2009: 170-171Jändl, Barbara 2009. Altsüdarabische Inschriften auf Metall. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 4). Tübingen: Wasmuth / Berlin: Wasmuth.