CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Höfner 1981: pl. I/1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5-6
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1   [.]ft ḏt (b)y(t)
   2  [ʿ]myṯʿ rs²w[t Hw]—
   3  bs¹ (hq)nyt
   4  [ʾl](mq)h [..]ʿ[...]—
   5  bm b-ʿṯtr[ ... ...]
   6  [... ...]fy (ṯ)w[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [.]ft of the house of
   2  ʿmyṯʿ, priestess of Hw‒
   3  bs¹ dedicated to
   4  ʾlmqh [... ...]‒
   5  by ʿṯtr [... ...]
   6  [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Masājid
Ancient siteMʿrbm
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1981: 7, pl. I/1Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.