CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

CIH 456


Calvet and Robin 1997: 128, cat 52

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  w-ḏ-hrg-hw w-
   2  ʾb-hw l-yrʾ—
   3  yn-h ʿṯtr S²rq—
   4  n

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  As for the one who killed him and
   2  his father, may
   3  ʿṯtr S²rqn
   4  (make) identify him.
1-2Robin: the evident reading is "phaser", but like alternative is possible to use an arabic verb ʾbbʾ - "encroach, attempt"; using of this parallel, the translation must be: "quant a celui qui l'a tué ou a porté la main sur lui".
4The suffix pronoun -h, morphologically feminine, could be referred to the subject expressed by ḏ, or have a neuter meaning: "this" (Stein 2003 a: 137).
Calvet and Robin 1997Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 4975
Support typeArtefact » Architectural element » Niche
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 50.5, w. 24, th. 11.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextFunerary context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 127-128, cat 52Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.