CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Pirenne 1956: pl. XIX/a
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SUPPORT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 30, w. 120
Decoration
Figurative subjectSymbol
      Symbol's shapeBlitzbündel and Doppelgriffel
      Symbol's referenceKing: Mukarrib of Sabaʾ
Notes on support and decorationsSymbols (not visible on the Pirenne's photo) on the right side, facing the inscription.
Fakhry and Grohmann record two different kind of symbols: Blitzbündel and Doppelgriffel with a roundel/star (Grohmann 1914: 22, 35) and the common couple Blitzbündel and Doppelgriffel (Fakhry).

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān (ruins west of the site)
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
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EPIGRAPHS

TitleFa 37
ConcordanceRES 2727; CIH 632; Gl 1529
LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1956Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Grohmann 1914Grohmann, Adolf 1914. Göttersymbole und Symboltiere auf Südarabischen Denkmälern. (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 58/1). Vienna: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder.
Fakhry 1952Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.