CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of GOAM

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  ʾlʿhr bn Ġylkrb ʾb[ ... ...]—
   2  s¹n krb ʾhwr s³lʾ b-ʾr[nydʿ ... ...]

Apparatus
2"the obligation of the pools (?), which he dedicated (or: "as a dedication"), by ʾrnydʿ"; bʾr could be also part of a common noun.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositDhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 387
Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh.17.6, w. 58.5, th. 9
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī al-Jawf
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rossi 2022: 385-386Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.