CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Jamme 1981: pl. 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Measure of letters7.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]m hqny ʾlm—
   2   qh bḥtn w-k[l... ...]

Apparatus
2Jamme integrates: w-k[l wld-hw.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositUnknown (Private collection)
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 23.8, w. 37, th. 11
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Hāmid
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaTihāma centrale
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh
NotesThe stone inscription was discovered in a small site located 5 km east of al-Hāmid.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1981: 96, pl. 1Jamme, Albert W.F. 1981. Pre-islamic Arabian Miscellanea. Pages 95-112 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität.