Fa 34 CIH 366 C4
Fakhry 1952: 43, fig. 12
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The 'pact of alliance' is present in the text. The inscription is a royal text. Resumption of an archaic practice at Jabal al-Lawdh, 1st century AD (A. Jamme 1976). |
TEXT
1 [... ...]s¹ w-hyʿ ḥr(m)[tm ... ...]
2 [... ... ḏ-]ʾlm w-s²ymm w-ḏ [ḥblm w-ḥmrm... ...]
| 2 | G. Ryckmans integrates rightly: [ywm hwṣt kl gwm ḏ-]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in a small mosque. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 12 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 24-25 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Jamme 1976: 76 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Wissmann 1982: 206 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |