CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 1992 a: pl. 3/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

GENERAL NOTES

As the text is composed by only two letters, we cannot say whether it is Ancient Sabaic or Minaic.

TEXT


   1  my

Apparatus
Maybe a monogram. Robin suggests that it can be the identification of a stonemason.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeInscription on architectural structure » Block
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteInabbaʾ
Ancient siteʾnbʾ
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1992 a: 6, pl. 3/bRobin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]
Rossi 2022: 380Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.