CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of Harvard Semitic Museum

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodB

GENERAL NOTES

The language could be Sabaic.

TEXT


   1  [... ...](ṯ) w-mn (y)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]ʿ w-wrṯ[... ...]
   3  [... ...] w-rdʾ[... ...]
   4  [... ...]rṯ kl[... ...]

Apparatus
2The word wrṯ is attested twice in Minaic.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositCambridge MA, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1936.1.14
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 20.5, w. 12, th. 5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Huehnergard 2000: 199 (photo)Huehnergard, John 2000. Old south Arabian inscriptions in the Harvard Semitic Museum. Pages 196-206 in Lawrence E. Stager, Joseph A. Greene and Michael D. Coogan (eds). The archaeology of Jordan and beyond. Essays in honor of James A. Sauer. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.