CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Tschinkowitz 1969: pl. VI; Fakhry 1952: 43, fig. 12

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters13.2
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  | Ydʿʾl bn Ḏmrʿly bny |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ydʿʾl, son of Ḏmrʿly, built.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 50, w. 26
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: i, 45, fig. 12 (facsimile)Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: 18Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press.
Tschinkowitz 1969: 21-22, pl. VITschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.