CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

as-Sawdāʾ 17 RES 2903; M 127


Avanzini 1995: pl.16/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Archaic writing style.

TEXT


   1  [... ...](z )(bn )(S²)[... ...]
   2  [... ...]b w-Klb s³(lʾ) (ḏ)-(G)rb Y(r)[... ...]((Y(r)[... ...]))
   3  [... ... ]ywm [w]hb ḥl ḏ-Grb w-r(ḍ)[... ... ]

Apparatus
3Probably rḍ[w...] or rḍ[y...].

TRANSLATIONS

CSAI (following Avanzini 1995)
English

   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] and Klb dedicated to ḏ-Grb Yr[... ...]
   3  when he gave aromas to ḏ-Grb and[... ...]
Avanzini 1995: 104Avanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 24, w. 65
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1995: 103-104, pl. 16/aAvanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]