CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1988: pl. 41
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT


   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn bn S¹mhʿly |
   2  mkrb S¹bʾ ṣd Dnm w-ʾr(y)dy y—
   3  wm ṣd ṣd ʿṯtr w-Krwm |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn, son of S¹mhʿly,
   2  mukarrib of Sabaʾ, hunted at Dnm and ʾrdy when
   3  he made the hunt of ʿṯtr and Krwm.
3Translation of Jamme: "when he hunted on ʿṯtr hunting ground and with pits".
krwm "pit for trapping game" (SD).
Jamme 1989: 27-28Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShiʿb al-ʿAql
Ancient siteDnm (?) / ʾrydy (?)
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1988: 26-27, pl. 41Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.
Jamme 1989: 27-28Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]