CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Bron 1992: 55 (photo)
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD

TEXT


   1  [... ...] w-ʾḫy-hw Nmrn w-Nw[... ...]
   2  [... ...]-Kbr ʾqynm w-Ys²bm [... ...]

Apparatus
1Nw[fm] or Nw[fn] (Bron).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 35, w. 100
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām-Kawkabān
Ancient siteS²bm
Geographical areaal-Maḥwīt
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rathjens 1953: 97, fig. 91 (facsimile)Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.
Jamme 1955 e: 125-126, pl. IIIJamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130.
Garbini 1970 b: 539, pl. XXXIaGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/4: 537-548.
Bron 1992: 55 (photo)Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.