CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Measure of letters7

TEXT


   1  m(h)dr qyln Nwqm
   2  Yqbl bn Kbs¹yn (r)[.]—
   3  m mm

Apparatus
3The two letters m at the end of the inscription are not on the same line of the third row and present a different ductus than the rest of the text, so that they can be interpreted with quite certainty as a later addiction, having nothing to do with the inscription itself.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  The canal (?) of the qyln Nwqm
   2  Yqbl of the family Kbs¹yn
   3  [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
Measuresw. 41
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal al-Lawz
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaJabal al-Lawz
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

al-Salami 2011: 28-29, fig. 8al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.