CIAS 95.11/r 8 n° 2
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 S²rḥm bn Rs²dʾl [... ... ʾ]—
2 lmqh bʿl ʾwʿ[l... ...]
3 bny-hmw S²rḥṯt [... ...]
4 ḥdṯt kwn b-hgr[n ... ...]—
5 ʿ-hw b-ʿṯtr [... ... w-b ʿṯ]—
6 tr S²ymm w-b [... ... w-l-y]—
7 s³f-hmw ʾlm[qh]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 2375 B=AM 853 B |
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 37, w. 33, th. 3 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwʿl |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| CIAS: ii, 217-218, photo | Beeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes: Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités; Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres] |