CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Gl 1694 A 581 a, b, c; M 40


Höfner 1973: pl. IX, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters9.2
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [Hwfʿṯt w-Ns²ʾkrb ḏy Ḥbb] [... ...][...] ḏ-Ḍrʿm ʾrḍ nḫly-hmw w-ʾʿ[md]-
   2  [hmw] [... ...] [b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlm]qh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b ʿṯtr-(S²)[rqn]

Apparatus
1-2ḏ-Ḍrʿm is probably the name of a domain ("that from West") (see CIH 342, 7 f).
The end of the line 1 may be completed either by ʾʿ[md] (vinestocks) or by ʾʿ[nb] (vineyards).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān (In the proximity of Ṣirwāḥ (in Glaser's diary: "Ṣirwāḥ, Gegend").)
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1973: 18-19, pl. IX, 1Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.