CSAI

Corpus of Late Sabaic Inscriptions


By kind permission of GOAM

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Measure of letters4.2
Chronology
PeriodE
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  ʾbkrb [... ...]
   2  mlkn brʾ(w)[ ... ...]
   3  [m]ḥrb-hw (T)[... ...]

Apparatus
1-2Mordtmann and Mittwoch suggest to integrate [mqtwy] mlkn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositZinjibar, Museum, ZM-A 12=ZM 91=NAM 1282=AM 60.1304
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 14.5, w. 16, th. 4.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
Archaeological contextUrban context: Private house
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen 1926: pl. XIIIJaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582.
Robin 1991-1993 d: 153Robin, Christian J. 1991-1993 [1992]. Du paganisme au monothéisme. Pages 139-155 in Christian J. Robin (ed.). L'Arabie antique de Karibʾîl à Mahomet. Nouvelles données sur l'histoire des Arabes grâces aux inscriptions. (Revue du Monde Musulman et de la Mediterranée, 61). Aix-en-Provence: Édisud.