CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 115
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...] s¹[.]ʾ [...]ḥq [... ...]
   2  [... ...] hgrn Mʿqbm w-qʿ[... ...]
   3  [... ...] mlkn w-l-k-ḏ ʾl ʾs¹ [s¹ʾl]
   4  [... ...] w yhrs³n k-wrd w[... ...]
   5  [... ...]ʾzh[.] ykwnn b-ʿ[... ...]
   6  [... ...]ks¹tr((k-s¹tr)) [.]b w-thb ʾṯ[... ...]
   7  [... ...]w b-ʿly ḏn [... ...]

Apparatus
5The editors suggest an integration: ʾzh[d "tax".
6At the end the editors suggest an integration: ʾṯ[ry.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 28.5, w. 26
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Dughaysh
Ancient siteḤdqn
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 28-29, photo 115Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]