CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  whb [... ...] (nfs¹)-(s¹ w)-(wld)-(s¹)
   2  w-qny-s¹ w-rtṯd-s¹ m*rṯ*dm ḏ-ynʿm

Apparatus
1-2Line 1 under line 2, ductus is left-right. Jamme considers the text the end of Ja 892.
1whb ṯrnhn l-w[f]y (Jamme).
2Mrfdm ḏ-Ynʿm (Jamme).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresw. 75
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤanūn
Ancient siteS¹ʾnn
Geographical areaẒufār
CountryOman
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Phillips, Wendell 1966: pl. opposite p. 147Phillips, Wendell 1966. Unknown Oman. London: Longmans / New York: D. McKay.
Jamme 1967 a: 145-146, pls II/3Jamme, Albert W.F. 1967. Two New Hadrami Inscriptions from Zofar. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 24: 145-148.
Wissmann 1977: 25 (facsimile), 44-48, pl. 2Wissmann, Hermann von 1977. Das Weihrauchland Saʾkalān, Samārum und Mos-cha. Mit Beiträgen von Walter W. Müller. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 324). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Albright 1982: 89, pl. 40Albright, Frank P. 1982. The American Archaeological Expedition in Dhofar, Oman, 1952-1953. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 6). Washington: American Foundation for the Study of Man / Philadelphia, Pa.: Distributed by G. Allen, Bookseller.