CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: pl. IV/2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  kn qwm Bʿṯtr bn
   2  Hyṯʿʾl w-Hmdʿṯ—
   3  t bn Byḍm w-Bʿṯtr
   4  [b]n Qdrm w-ʿmṣdq
   5  [bn ... ... w-]Ṣbḥhmw
   6  [... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Thus have decreed Bʿṯtr, son of
   2  Hyṯʿʾl, and Hmdʿṯ ‒
   3  t, son of Byḍm, and Bʿṯtr,
   4  son of Qdrm, and ʿmṣdq
   5  [son of ... ... and] Ṣbḥhmw
   6  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJidfir ibn Munaykhir
Ancient siteKhlm
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 21, pl. IV/2Höfner, Maria and Solá Solé, Josep M. 1961. Inschriften aus dem Gebiet zwischen Mārib und dem Ǧōf. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 2. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 238/3). Vienna: H. Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.