CIAS 57.51/w 7 n° 1
CIAS: II, 174
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| This is one of the few Lates Sabaic texts not in relief. The use of the symbol is not an adequate reason to date the text at the time of S²rḥbʾl Yʿfr (latter part of the fifth c. AD), as Beeston suggests. Doe had dated the text at the fourth c. |
TEXT
1 [... ...](b)[.n[... ... ]
2 [... ...]ḫ(m)r-hmw ṣ*ḥ*[... ...]
3 [... ... ](w)-s²nʾ-hmw ḏ-s¹w(ʾ)[... ...]
4 [... ...]s¹m w-ṭwʿ ʾf[... ...]
5 [... ... ](w)-l-ʾbyt-hmw S¹lḥ(n)[ ... ...]
6 [... ... ](w)-s²mt ʾs²nʾ-hmw[ ... ...]
7 [... ...wrḫ-hw ḏ-M]bkrn ḏ-b-ḫry[fn ... ...]
| 2 | ṣh in the text. |
| 4 | ʾf[s¹-hmw (Beeston). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, NAM 1632 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 34, w. 36, th. 17 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Aḥabush |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Zinjibar |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Doe 1971: 146-147, pl. 57 | Doe, D. Brian 1971. Southern Arabia. London: Thames and Hudson. |
| CIAS: ii, 173-174, 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] |
| Gajda 1997: 164-165 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |