CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  b-Ns²qm b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh ±
   2  [w-b ḏt-Ḥm]ym w-b-ḏt-Bʿdn w-b
   3  [... ...]

Apparatus
CIH, following Mordtmann 1893: 401, edits the inscription matching Hal 336 (l.1) and Hal 335 (l.2). It is unsure if the lost text was actually on different lines (note that Hal 336 runs from right to left).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Bayḍāʾ
Ancient siteNs²qm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann 1893Mordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann.