CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB

GENERAL NOTES

A close examination of the stone has revealed that after the l. 7 of as-Sawdāʾ 40 A there is the beginning of a second text. The two parts were usually considered as one inscription.

TEXT


   1  | mlkh Mʿn k-ʾyhn yns²ʾ w-yṯb ʾbkrb w-ʾs¹d yns²ʾ w-(y)ṯb ʿm-s¹ bn Mʿ(n) [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125113=1887,0629.19
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 26, w. 88
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1995: 152-157, pl. 26Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]