CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

CIAS F 59/s 4/49.10 n° 4 RES 3902 N° 72; Ja 76; C 80; CSAI III, 18


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodC

TEXT


   1  Y*ṣ*dqʾl Frʿm ʿmyṯ<ʿ>

Apparatus
Yẓdqʾl instead of Yṣdqʾl. The epigraphic explanation suggested by Pirenne (in CIAS 49.10/o 1 n. 2, for the line 3: "on constate que l'on écrit ṣ avec son arc de cercle complet lorsque la lettre précédente laisse, en bas, un vide où l'excès de largeur du ṣ peut se compenser:
c'est le cas après le Y de Yaṣduq'il") has to be rejected, as this text shows, in fact, the name of the same king with ṣ instead of ẓ.
We probably deal with a fluctuation of the phonemes ṣ and ẓ, which is well attested in ASA languages, instead of with two graphic variants for the phoneme ṣ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 1305
Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue
MaterialAlabaster
Measuresh. 12.3, w. 26.2, th. 13.4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Markha
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen 1926: 563, pl. XII, fig. 17Jaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582.
CIAS: ii, 322-323, photoBeeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]
Antonini 2001: 102, pl. 55Antonini, Sabina 2001. La statuaria sudarabica in pietra. Repertorio iconografico sudarabico. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: IsIAO. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]