CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters2.7
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [.. w-b]n-hmw bnw Ns³[..] hq(n)[yw ...]
   2  [... ... ](n)ʿmtm w-rḍw ʾmrʾ-h[mw ... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [.. and] their sons, of the family Ns³[..], dedicat[ed …]
   2  [… …] favour and goodwill of their lords [… …]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tschinkowitz 1969: 7Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.