CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

Very uncertain dating, the form of s² seems more archaic than the letters m and ḏ.

TEXT


   1  S²ʿrm ḏ-Ġrbm
   2  s¹qny ʿm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²ʿrm of the family Ġrbm
   2  dedicated to ʿm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Incense burner
ShapeSquared
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Jadīda
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jūba
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Grohmann 1914: 39, fig. 93, facsimileGrohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder.
Hayajneh 2004 a: 127, figs 15-16Hayajneh, Hani 2004. Eine Sammlung von fragmentarischen altsüdarabischen Inschriften aus dem Jemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15/1: 120-148.