CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 38, pl. 29a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.5
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural

TEXT


   1  ʾḏynt w-qdm—
   2  t S²b—
   3  ym—
   4  m

Apparatus
2-4S²bymm: first attestation of a diminutive of the personal name S²bmm. The name is probably masculine.

TRANSLATIONS

French

   1  Signes d'obéissance et offran-
   2  des de Shub-
   3  aym
   4  um
Frantsouzoff 2016: 112-113Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 38, w. 30
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteHajar Ḍabūʿa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
NotesThe stone bloc was seen on the surface of the site of al-ʿĀdī in the wādī Ḍabūʿa.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2016: 112-113, pls 29/a-bFrantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux]