CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Garbini 1970 d: pl. 4/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueRelief
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  [... ...] w-ʾlmqh w-ḏt Ḥmym w-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-S²ms¹[... ...]
   2  [... ...]n w-b-s²ʿb-hmw Fys²n w-b ʾdymt-hmw ʾ[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextReligious context
NotesThe fragment of this inscription is reemployed in a squared pillar inside the Great Mosque of Ṣanʿāʾ.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1970 d: 401-402, pl. 4/aGarbini, Giovanni 1970. Antichità yemenite [I]. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 30/3: 400-404.