CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

CIH 220


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]wm Yzl w-Mḫṭr [... ...]
   2  [... ... S¹ḫy]mm w-ḏ-Ḫwln w-bnw ḏ-Ġym[n ... ...]
   3  [... ...]m w-Rdmn w-Yrs¹m w-Ḫwln
   4  [... ...] Tʾlb Rymm bʿl [S²](ṣ)rm ḏ[... ...]
   5  [... ...]ḏt hws²ʿ Tʾlb Rymm [... ...]

Apparatus
CIH suggested the following integrations:
1S¹ʿdʾ]wm.
2Lʾy]mm.
3w-Ḥmyr]m.
4hqny].
4-5ḏ[n ṣlmn b]-ḏt.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl S²ṣrm
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CULTURAL NOTES

Society
The members of the group S¹ḫymm are qayls of the tribe Yrs¹m settled in Ḫwln Qḍʿ (Robin 1982 a: 33).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1982 aRobin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.