CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of K. Noman

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief

TEXT


   1  fʿl ʾlq—
   2  dm S¹ʾrn

Apparatus
1-2The letter m is reversed.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Work of ʾlq-
   2  d[.] S¹ʾrn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteḤammat Dhīyāb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaMayfaʿat ʿAns
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesInserted, overturned, on a house façade, partially destroyed during the earthquake of December 1982.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1985: 96-97, pl. 20/1Avanzini, Alessandra 1985. Problemi storici della regione di al-Ḥadāʾ nel periodo preislamico e nuove iscrizioni. Pages 53-115 in Pelio Fronzaroli (ed.). Studi Yemeniti. (Quaderni di semitistica, 14). Florence: Istituto di linguistica e di lingue orientali, Università di Firenze.