CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Textual typologyLegal text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Halévy's copy.

TEXT


   1  bn ḏ-D(ʿ)m b-mʿhd
   2  k wzʿ s¹ʾl ʾḥd
   3  ẓm w-k ḏ-bytn (q)r—
   4  [... ...]s²r w-ms¹kn l-ys³q
   5  [s²]k-lm b-yḥr ṯny
   6  yḏbḥn ṯny <ḏ>bḥy /[2/]
   7  l w-kl (ḏ)s³ ns²q(ḥ)ḍ

Apparatus
6Halévy reads ṯny bḥys³ instead of ṯny ḏbḥy plus the symbol that precedes a cipher. Corrections by Avanzini.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Avanzini 1995: 136-138Avanzini, 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]