CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Rijziger 2018: 137, fig. 5

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  [... ...b](n) Bt(ʿ) hwṯr w[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [...] member of (the clan) Btʿ, has laid the foundations and [...]
Rijziger 2018: 136Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThis stone, reused in a wall, was probably cut to fit the curve of a window.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rijziger 2018: 136-137, fig. 5Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111.