CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Harvard Semitic Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT


      [... ...]
   1  [... ... ]kn b-ybhṯn k-wzʿ s¹ʾl ḏ-y[... ...]
   2  [... ...](k) kbr s¹ʾl fq kl bs²r ṭlyn[ ... ...]
   3  [... ... ](ʿ)hdy ʾy s¹ʾl ys¹ʾs¹-s¹m k-s¹(ʾ)[... ...]

Apparatus
3Huehnergard suggests to integrate m]ʿhdy.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositCambridge MA, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1936.1.20
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 40.7, w. 17.4, th. 9.1
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Huehnergard 2000: 203-204 (photo)Huehnergard, John 2000. Old south Arabian inscriptions in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Pages 196-206 in Lawrence E. Stager, Joseph A. Greene and Michael D. Coogan (eds). The archaeology of Jordan and beyond. Essays in honor of James A. Sauer. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.