CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: pl. 14/44

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]n (h)qn(y)[ ... ...]←[... ...]l ḏ(m)[... ...]

Apparatus
1The editors do not read the first letter of the verb hqny. However, one can see the upper right part of the h. Cf. also the typology of object with al-Jawf 04.38, bearing a Sabaic text.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum
Support typeArtefact » Altar
ShapeWith rectangular base
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 69, w. top 32, w. base 30
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesAccording to the editors, the object comes from as-Sawdāʾ and the language is undetermined. However, if the restoration of the verb hqny is correct, it may come from as-Sawdāʾor al-Baydāʾ (cf. al-Jawf 04.38).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 58-59, pl. 14/44Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic]