CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 203 b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural)

TEXT


   1  [... ...] ʾdm bny Btʿ [... ...]
   2  [... ...ʾ]ḥrr-hmw w-ʾdm-[hmw ... ...]
   3  [... ...]wfm w-ṭlym w-tr[... ...]
   4  [... ... ʾ]dm-hw bny Nṭ[... ...]
   5  l-ʾdm-hw ʾl [... ...]—
   6  m-hmw w-rḍ[w ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 23, w. 21
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteItwa
Ancient siteʾtwtm
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 86, photos 203 a, bBauer, 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]