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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Weninger 2017: journal's cover

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [...]d ʾs²wʿ w-ʾḫy-hw [.]
   2  [..]m w-Rṯds²ms¹m b[ny]
   3  Kwmrm ʾdm mlkn h[q]—
   4  nyw s²ym-hmw Wdm ḏ-ʾṣ[.]
   5  [.] (ṣ)lmn ḥmdm b-ḏt
   6  [wzʾ f]rqn grb ʿbd-hw ʾ—
   7  [... ...] nṣʿt ʾḥd ʿm
   8  [... ...] nḫl [..]

Apparatus
6At the beginning, integration by the editor.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [ʾAs¹ʿa]d ʾAs²waʿ and his brothers [.]
   2  ..m and Raṯads²ams¹um, sons of
   3  (the clan of) Kawmarum, the servants of the king, have
   4  dedicated to their patron deity Waddum of ʾAṣ(...)
   5  the statue in gratitude because he continued
   6  to protect the person of his servant ʾ-
   7  [As¹ʿad] (...) one (...)
   8  (...) palm plantation (...)
Weninger 2017: 413-414Weninger, Stefan 2017. A middle Sabaean dedicatory inscription from the Warsaw National Museum. Semitica, 59: 409-414.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWarsaw, National Museum, SKAZsz 314
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 38.5, w. 30.8, th. 2.8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Weninger 2017Weninger, Stefan 2017. A middle Sabaean dedicatory inscription from the Warsaw National Museum. Semitica, 59: 409-414.