CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Garbini 1970 b: pl. XXV/b; CIH
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [... ...]t [Yḥ]md w-S²blm Mʿrmn w-S¹ʿd[... ...]
   2  [... ...]ʾlrm w-Yhrm w-ʾls¹ʿd w-ʾls²r[ḥ ... ...]
   3  [... ...]bny Ġfrm w-ʾbwt-hmw bʿlt Ḥw[... ...]
   4  [... ...ʾmrʾ]-hmw bny Btʿ w-ʾwldm hnʾm w-[... ...]

Apparatus
1w-Kr]b[ʿṯ]t (CIH).
3This line is missing on the Glaser's copy.
4This line is missing on Habshush's copy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 30, w. 80
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 122-123 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Garbini 1970 b: 537, pl. 25/bGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548.
Rijziger 2018: 154-155, fig. 40Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.