CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of K. Noman

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief

TEXT


   1  [... ... L]ḥyʿt Wd-ʾb

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 26, w. 93
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Aqmār
Ancient siteYtrm
Geographical areaDhamār
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe stone is inserted on the wall of a cistern dug in a square in front of the mosque.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1985: 94, pl. 18/1Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze.