CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1969 a: pl.48b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.5
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT


   1  [... ...]mr
   2  [... ... t]krbt-s¹
   3  [... ...] nfs¹-s¹
   4  [... ...ʾnb]y w-Wrfw ʾ—
   5  [mr ʿm b-mr]ʾ-[s¹ Ḏm]rʿly Ḏbyn Yhr—
   6  gb bn S¹mhʿly Ynf w-ʾḫ-s¹ S¹mhrm

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 22.5, w. 40, th. 16
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar Ibn Ḥumayd
Ancient siteḏ-Ġylm / ḏt-Ġylm
Geographical areaWādī Bayḥān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1969 a: 345, pl. 48/bJamme, Albert W.F. 1969. Inscriptions from Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Pages 331-354 in Gus W. Van Beek. Hajar bin Ḥumeid. Investigations at a Pre-Islamic Site in South Arabia. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 5). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.