CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


CIAS: i, 11

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 546

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 28, w. 25, th. 13

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Lisaʿān
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesThe provenance from the area of Barāqish is recorded by the Museum, but according to Wissmann the object most probably comes from Jidfir ibn Munayḫir (cf. below).
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Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteJidfir ibn Munaykhir
Ancient siteKhlm
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
NotesMüller affirms that the word ḥrwr[... ...] in the text is probably the toponym Ḥrwrm attested in some Early Sabaic inscriptions from Jidfir ibn Munayḫir (Wissmann 1982: 69).
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleCIAS 28.72/b 4
ConcordanceYM 546
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wissmann 1982: 69Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)]