CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Lundin 1965: pl. I/1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT


   1  Mhqmm bn Hyṯʿʾly mwd S¹mhʿly ḏ-Ḫll
   2  Mhqmm bn Hyṯʿʾly mwd S¹mhʿly ḏ-Ḫll ywm rs²w ṯnytm |
   3  Yhqm bn Mhqmm mwd S¹mhʿly
   4  w-Yṯʿʾmr w-Ḏmrʿly ḏ-Ḫll w-
   5  Qbnʾmr bn ʾlʾmr ḏ-Ḫll |

Apparatus
4Dextrograde line.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal Balaq al-Janūbī
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lundin 1965: 27, 44, 50 pl. I/1Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Jamme 1976: 41-42, pl. 6/E (facsimile)Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.