CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Schmidt et al. 1986: pl. 15/c
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  S¹mhʾmr
   2  bn ʾlʾws¹
   3  bn Rms¹m
   4  bʿl Ykrb

Apparatus
2, 4The letter l is written as its mirror-image.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with niche
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schmidt et al. 1986: 72-73, pl. 15/cSchmidt, Jürgen, Finster, Barbara, Herberg, Werner, Klaus, M. and Müller, Walter W. 1986. Zweiter vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Forschungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts Ṣanʿāʾ in Mārib und Umgebung. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 3: 1-95.