Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Measure of letters | 11.5; 11 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [... ...]t ʾḥṣn and his son S²rḥʾl banū Mrṯdm and Qyḥn built [... ...] 2 [... ...] the temple for their prosperity and in order for ʾln to give them health of faculties and material resources [... ...] |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | CIH 151: h. 32, w. 50; CIH 152: h. 31, w. 35 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | ʿAmrān |
Ancient site | ʿmrn |
Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The inscription probably comes from a religious context. |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Najr |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 112 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112. |
Robin 1982 a: ii, 87-89, pl. 54 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
Gajda 1997: 162 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |