CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

YM 11231


Arbach and Audouin 2007: 46

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ... ʿb]d S¹mhʾm(r)
   2  hqny Yd(ʿ)[s¹mhw]

Apparatus
On the basis of the comparison with YM 29938, we consider the inscription complete on its left side. The text probably ended with the name of the god in l. 2.

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI
English

   1  [... ...] servant of S¹mhʾmr
   2  dedicated to Ydʿs¹mhw.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositṢanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 11231
Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 29, w. 19.5, th. 7.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Hamdān
Ancient siteHrm
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Audouin 2007: 46 (photo)Arbach, Mounir and Audouin, Rémy 2007. Collection of Epigraphic and Archaeological Artifacts from al-Jawf Sites. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. 2. Ṣanʿāʾ: UNESCO-SFD / Ṣanʿāʾ: National Museum. [Text in English and Arabic]
Arbach 2022: 87, fig. 28Arbach, Mounir 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). I. From cities to kingdoms. (Arabia Antica, 17/1). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.
Rossi 2022: 255-256Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.