CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: 145/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters11.5
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  S²rḥm ʾymn bn Btʿ w-Hmdn
   2  ṣd ʾʿrr Ṣwln w-hrg ʿdy ḏ-s¹ṭr
   3  ḏn s¹ṭrn ṯlṯt ʾʾlfm wʿlm
   4  w-ʿd ṯlṯ mʾt w-ʿd s¹bʿ mʾt

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²rḥm ʾymn, of the family Btʿ and Hmdm,
   2  hunted on the mountains of Ṣwln and he killed, until he wrote
   3  this inscription, three thousand ibexes
   4  and again three hundred and again seven hundred.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteẒafār dhī-Bīn
Ancient siteẒfr
Geographical areadhī-Bīn
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1979 a: 183Robin, Christian J. 1979. Mission archéologique et épigraphique française au Yémen du Nord en automne 1978. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: 174-202.
Bauer and Lundin 1998: 38-39, photos 145 a, b, v, gBauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]