CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bron 1992: 99
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  [... ...] hqny ʾlmqh ḏ-Mʿrbm Mʿhrm |
   2  w-Yḏkrʾl w-ṣhr klʾy bḥrnhn blq b[... ...]

Apparatus
2Mʿrbm is the ancient temple name, see RES 3949.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] dedicated to ʾlmqh ḏ-Mʿrbm Mʿhrm
   2  and Yḏkrʾl and cased both the basins (?) with stone [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Masājid
Ancient siteMʿrbm
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-Mʿrbm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 1992: 99, photoBron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites.