CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Müller, Walter W. 1988 d: pl. 35/c
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [...]ʾl hqny Wd← Rʾbm [.]rby←n b-ḏt-Ḥmym

Apparatus
1According to Müller (1987), [.]rbyn could be a nisbe to be integrated as Grbyn, Hrbyn or Ḥrbyn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [...]ʾl dedicated to Wd Rʾbm he of [.]rby. By ḏt-Ḥmym.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Offering table » Undefined
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 4.6, w. 24, th. 25.3
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Qiblī - Samsara
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Wd ḏ-Ms¹mʿm
NotesAccording to the owner of the object, it was recovered in the middle of the temple's cella (cf. Schmidt 1987 b).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Müller, Walter W. 1988 d: 186-187, pl. 35/c-eMüller, Walter W. 1988. Weitere altsabäische Inschriften vom Tempel des Waddum Dhū-Masmaʿim. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 185-189.