CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Tschinkowitz 1969: pl. IV (upper part)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters4 (max.); 3.6 (min.)
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

According to the shape of some letters, especially of /r/, the king Ydʾʾl Ḏrḥ cannot be identified with the king who reigned around 670 BC, but with Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ, who reigned around 10 BC.

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...](m) bn[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...]( )ẓrfm w-[... ...]
   3  [..]h w-b ḏt Ḥm[ym ... ...]
   4  [w]-b rbʿ-hmw (r)[... ...]
   5  [.]w Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ[ ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

      
   1  [… …] from [… ...]
   2  [… …] frankincense and [… ...]
   3  [..] and by ḏt Ḥmym [… ...]
   4  [and] by their protector [... ...]
   5  [.]and Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ [… ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteQāʿ Qaṭrān
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tschinkowitz 1969: 14, pl. IVTschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.