CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueCast
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Authenticity doubtful according to CIH. Wissmann (1964 b: 461, n. 80) suggests to join this fragment to CIH 598.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  Rḥbn ʿdy ʿ—
   2  r-hw ḏ-Zbd ʾr—
   3  bʿtn ʾṣlm[n] ḥ—
   4  mdm b-ḏt hws²—
   5  ʿ Tʾlb Rymm
   6  mrʾ-hmw Wh—
   7  bʾl Yḥz mlk
   8  S¹bʾ w-ʿbd-h—
   9  w S¹ʿd{|}tʾlb |
  10  Yhṯb ḏ-S¹qḥn

Apparatus
Emendations to original reading by CIH.
10CIH corrects ḏ-S¹qrn from an original reading b-S¹qḥn

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Plaque
MaterialBronze
Measuresh. 20, w. 13
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wissmann 1964 bWissmann, Hermann von 1964. Ḥimyar, ancient history. Le Muséon, 77: 429-497.