CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1969 a: pl.48e
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  [... ...] (mlk )(Qtb)[n ... ...]
   2  [... ...](m w)-(m)ṣnʿ-s¹m[ ... ...]
   3  [... ...](m) kwn bynh[ty-s¹m ... ...]
   4  [... ...]m ʾrḫ w[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 16, w. 15, th. 5.5 (left), 8.7 (right)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Ibn Ḥumayd
Ancient siteḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1969 a: 344, pl. 48/eJamme, Albert W.F. 1969. Inscriptions from Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Pages 331-354 in Gus W. Van Beek. Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Investigations at a Pre-Islamic Site in South Arabia. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 5). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.