CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Haines 1842
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of lettersabout 2.7
Chronology
PeriodC

GENERAL NOTES

Labelled as Ḥaḍramitic in RES.

TEXT


   1  Ns²ʾkrb bn Rbbm ḥllm w-rbq bn ḏ-ys¹rq-s¹

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ns²ʾkrb son of Rbbm, misfortune and torment against the one who may steal it.
"(Statue funeraire de) ..." (RES).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBombay, Museum, 4=F.161
Support typeArtefact » Base
MaterialMarble
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteAden [ʿAdan]
Ancient siteḏ-ʿdnm
Geographical areaAden
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Haines 1842: 958-959 (photo)Haines, S. B. 1842. Ancient inscription found at Aden. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 11: 958-959 (photo).
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1932 a: 267Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1932. Altsüdarabische Inschriften. Orientalia, 1: 24-33.
Höfner and Rhodokanakis 1936: 223Höfner, Maria and Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation altsüdarabischer Inschriften III. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 211-234.
Jamme 1971 b: 32Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]