CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bron 2013 b: 187, fig. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT


   1  S²yṭm bn Qdmʾl
   2  hqny ʾlmqh
   3  Ḥywm b-ʿṯtr w-b
   4  ʾlmqh w-b ḏt
   5  Ḥmym w-b Krbʾl
   6  w-b S¹mhʿly w-b
   7  Qdmʾl

Apparatus
1Qdmʾl is attested in FB-Jidfir ibn Munaykhir 2 and in Moussaieff 14. It seems a proper name, perhaps the name of an ancestor used for the name of a family.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²yṭm of the family Qdmʾl
   2  dedicated to ʾlmqh
   3  Ḥywm. By ʿṯtr, by
   4  ʾlmqh, by ḏt
   5  Ḥmym, by Krbʾl,
   6  by S¹mhʿly and by
   7  Qdmʾl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Throne
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJidfir ibn Munaykhir
Ancient siteKhlm
Geographical areaSouthern Jawf
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bron 2013 b: 187-188, fig. 1Bron, François 2013. Nouvelles inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Semitica et Classica, 6: 187-194.