Ha 7 CSAI I, 173
Pirenne 1990: 78, pl. LXb
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription comes from the capital of the Ḥaḍramawt kingdom. The text contains signs of linguistic contact, and looks as it was not written in Qataban. We could think of a temple dedicated to a Qatabanic god in Shabwa, for a community living there. Chronologically it is probably of period C. |
TEXT
1 [... ...] (ḥm)dm b-(ḏ)[t... ...]
2 [... ...]ṯw ʾwṣl w-kl mw[ḍʾ ... ...]
3 b-ms¹ʾl-s¹ kn kwn b-ʿ(l)w ḏtw Ḍm[rn ... ...]
4 kl mwḍʾ s¹wt wṣln l-ʾṯt-s¹ [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, ASH 1952.516 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 18, w. 23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shabwa |
| Ancient site | S²bwt |
| Geographical area | Shabwa |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Brown and Beeston 1954: 54-55, pl. XVIII/1 | Brown, W.L. and Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1954. Sculptures and Inscriptions from Shabwa. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 43-62. |
| Pirenne 1990: 78, pl. LX/b | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient] |