CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

DASI

Nihm/al-Quṭra 17 MAFRAY-al-Madīd 2


Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 59, pl. 56

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters2.6
Chronology
PeriodD. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The editor (Frantsouzoff 2016: 143) proposes a date around the 4th century AD: one of the most recent dedications to Talab.

TEXT


   1  ʾws¹n ʾs²w b[n .—
   2  ...](m) (b)n (ʾqlʾ) [hq]—
   3  ny (T)ʾlb (R)y(m)[m bʿl
   4  Qdm ʾd](m)m m(qṭ)[rn]

Apparatus
3-4[bʿl Qdm ʾd]mm: hypothetical integration.

TRANSLATIONS

Frantsouzoff 2016
French

   1  Awsān Ashwaʿ fi[ls de .
   2  ...]um (du lignage) de Aqlaʾ [a dé-
   3  dié] à Taʾlab Riyām[um, Seigneur
   4  de Qadm Ada]mim le brûle-par[fums]
Frantsouzoff 2016: 143-144Frantsouzoff, 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 (mqṭr)
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 26, w. 17
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Madīd
Ancient siteunknown
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThis fragment was shown by an inhabitant of the village of al-Madīd.
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Origin
Modern siteQuṭra
Ancient siteMṭrtm
Geographical areaNihm
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Qdm ʾdmm
Notesbʿl Qdm ʾdmm is integrated.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Frantsouzoff 2016: 143-144, pl. 56Frantsouzoff, 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]