CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 26, w. 93, th. 18
Decoration
Figurative subjectPlant » Rosette
Decoration
Figurative subjectMonogram
Chronology
PeriodMiddle

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Hrn
NotesThis inscription is walled in an old structure (cf. Kitchen 2000: 419).
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleSchm/MA 97
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rijziger 2017 b: 242Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2.