CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 125 a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text (conjectural)

TEXT


   1   [... ...ʾl](m)qh w-ḏt-Ḥm[ym ... ...]
   2   [... ...](n) (S³)ḥrm b-w(fy) [... ...]

Apparatus
2It is hypothetical that S³ḥrm was here the Qatabanian theonym.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 11.5, w. 24
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteBayt Dughaysh
Ancient siteḤdqn
Geographical areaṢanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesFrom the Bayt al-Ḫayrān, in the surroundings of Ḥdqn.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 31-32, photos 125 a, bBauer, 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]