CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy.

TEXT


   1  Dḍmd w-Ṣbḥhm s³lʾ [... ...]
   2  Mʿn w-rṯd Lḥyʿṯt w-(ʾ)ḫh-s¹

Apparatus
2Halévy reads Lḥyʿyt w-(ʾ)nh-s¹.
The text probably continued.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Dḍmd and S¹bḥhm dedicated to [... ...]
   2  Maʿīn and Lḥyʿṯt and his brothers put under the protection of the god.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1995: 116-117Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]