CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Höfner 1981: pl. III/1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2,5
Chronology
PeriodE

TEXT


   1  s³rt w[..] w[..]dt w[... ...] w-(ṣ)bḥ k-yqyn[ ... ...] S²rḥbʾl
   2  (ʾ)s¹ʿd [... ...]hw yt[ḫ](w)dnn k-yṯbn qs²[... ... ]rtn w-b-ʿm-hn |
   3  k-fḥt qyln l[.]m w-(t)qm w-(g)rn w-(m)[.]t w-ḫb[.]t w-ḥm(d)t w-ḥbb w-m—
   4  dyḥt w-[k]-bʿd-hw wdqt w[... ...](r)hmt wʿln lt[.]w(n) w—
   5  [.]rtm (l)-hn (b)-ṣlḥ(t) b-m(r)qd ḏ-s¹[..]ym [...]wdm b-dm(l)m mṭrd (y)ʿd(t)
   6  [..]bwn [.](s²)qm w-b[..] mṭrdt s¹ʿdtm l-hn brṯ ytḫwdnn w-bʿs²m [.]
   7  b-s¹ʿdtm l-hn s³rtm brṯ ytḫwdnn wʿln wrḫ-hw ḏ-Mḏrʾn ḏ-b
   8  [... ...]

Apparatus
It is not possible to verify the reading on the basis of Glaser's tracing.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Nijād
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1981: 13-17, pl. III/1Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.