CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Pirenne 1990: pl. LIX/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]m
   2  [... ... ʾ]ṣlm ḏhbhn ʾṣlm s²—
   3  [... ... mr](ʾ)-s¹m(y)n ʾlʿḏ Y(l)ṭ mlk
   4  [Ḥḍrmt ... ...]ḏḏm [..] ʾ[.]lʾ [... ...]
   5  [... ...]s¹m [... ...]

Apparatus
According to Bron, this inscription must be identified with RES 4691.
3]nṣ[.]yn (Pirenne).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 30, w. 51
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1990: 77, pl. LIXbPirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient]
Bron 1991 a: 462Bron, François 1991. Notes sur les inscriptions de Shabwa. Syria, 68: 459-462.