CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Sharafaddīn 1961: 19
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters1.8-2.5

TEXT


   1  ḫlt S²wfḥr—
   2  m ḏt ʿrrn w-l-
   3  tḥgrn ʿly ʾwl—
   4  d-hw

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Funeral monument of S²wfḥrm,
   2  of the family ʿrrn; may it be preserved for her
   3  children.
2-4Jamme translates "and may it remain interdicted thanks to her children"; Lundin: "but this will be shut out against his children".
Jamme 1976: 124Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 333
Support typeArtefact » Plaque (ḫlt)
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 19.5, w. 18.8, th. 2.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteʿAmrān
Ancient siteʿmrn
Geographical areaʿAmrān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sharafaddīn 1961: 19 (top left)Sharafaddīn, Aḥmad H. 1961. Yemen. Arabia Felix. Taʿizz.
Lundin 1963 a: 38-39, fig. 2Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1963. Novye južnoarabskie nadpisi muzeja v Ṣanʿa (I). Epigrafika Vostoka, 15: 36-50.
Jamme 1976: 124Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Jamme 1985: 246-247Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]