CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

CIH 569 CIAS 42.11/b 4


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [K]rbh ʾwkn bn Yhfrʿ w-S²bmm w-Rʾy[s¹ ... ...]
   2  [.] w-mwrt-hmy bn mwṯrm ʿdy tfrʿm b-r[dʾ ... ... w-m]—
   3  [n]ḍḥt ʾbyt-hmw w-b-mqm mrʾ-hmw Ṯʾrn Yʿ(b)[ ... ...]

Apparatus
1[... ... ʿbd]rbh (Pirenne); [K]rbh is an integration made by Robin on the basis of the inscription Robin-Dhamār 1.
1-2brʾw w-bnyw w-hs²qrn mḥfd-hmy] (Pirenne).
2-3b-rdʾ ʾlʾlt-hmw ʿṯtr w-S²ms¹-hmw w-mn]ḍḥt (Pirenne).

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  [... ...]rbh ʾwkn ibn Yhfrʿ, S²bmm and Rʾys¹ [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and their wall (?) from foundation to top, by the help [... ...]
   3  [... ...] and the tutelary deities of their houses and by the power of their lord Ṯʾrn Yʿb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Grjaznevič 1978: 39, fig. 46Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
CIAS: I/1, 95-100, photoBeeston, 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]
Robin 2006: 111-112, fig. 16Robin, Christian J. 2006. Muhaqraʾum (arabe Muhaqrā). Une commune Ḥimyarite méconnue. Pages 93-135 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad A.R. Jāzim (eds). Le pèlerin des forteresses du savoir. Hommage au qādī Ismāʿīl b. Alī al-Akwaʿ à l'occasion de son 85e anniversaire. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿāʾ.