CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bron 1992: 53; CIH: i/iii, 288
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...](ms¹m)( bn)w [..](b)t (ʾd)—
   2  [m ... ... w-h]s²qrn byt-hmw b-rdʾ mrʾ-
   3  [hmw ... ... S¹ʾ]rn w-Mḥylm w-b-rdʾ s²ym-h—
   4  [mw ... ... ]w-b-ʿṯtr w-Hbs¹ w-b-ḏt Ḥmym
   5  [... ...]( ḏ)-(Rydt) |

Apparatus
1[..](r)bt (Bron).
5b-Rydt (Wissmann 1964 a: 350, n. 245).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteRayda
Ancient siteRydt
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1992: 53 (photo)Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.
Wissmann 1964 aWissmann, Hermann von 1964. Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Alt-Südarabien. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 3. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 246). Vienna: Böhlaus.