CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1973 d: pl. 2/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodE
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]yfʿ ʾrs³l w-bn [... ...]
   2  [... ...]yrtḥ w-S²rḥbʾl Y(ʿ)[r ... ...]
   3   [... ...] Ymgd ʾlht Yfʿm w-l[... ...]
   4  ḏ-nḫlm w-ḥḏr-b[... ... ḥ]—
   5  rg ʾs²ʿb-hmw ʾ[... ...]
   6  ʿṣbm brʾw w-h[wṯrn w-ʿḏbn b]—
   7  yt-hmw Mnʾdm [bn mwṯr-hw ʿd]—
   8  y tfrʿ-hw b-rdʾ w-mqm mrʾ-(h)[mw Rḥmnn bʿl s¹m]-
   9  yn w-b-rdʾ w-nṣr ʾmrʾ-h(m)[w ... ...]
  10  [... ...]ltn ḏ-l-ṯm(n)[... ...]

Apparatus
1The first name could be integrated: ʾl]yfʿ.
10The name of the month could be: ʾlʾ]ltn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositItaly (Private collection)
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 25, w. 48
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteẒafār
Ancient siteẒfr
Geographical areaẒafār
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1973 d: 590-591, pl. 2/aGarbini, Giovanni 1973. Frammenti epigrafici sabei-II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/4: 587-593.