CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


By kind permission of British Museum
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By kind permission of British Museum
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Pirenne 1990: pl. LVIIIc

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.8
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ]ḥwr M[... ... ]
   2  [... ...mḥ]rm-s¹ ʾl[m ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 125684=1937,0507.3
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 9.3, w. 12.2, th. 4
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteShabwa
Ancient siteS²bwt
Geographical areaShabwa
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937: 247 (facsimile)Ryckmans, Gonzague 1937. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quatrième série. Le Muséon, 50: 239-268.
Pirenne 1990: 79, pl. LVIIIcPirenne, Jacqueline 1990. Les témoins écrit de la région de Shabwa et l'histoire. Jean-François Breton (ed.), Fouilles de Shabwa. 1. (Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 134). Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner. [Institut français d'Archéologie du Proche-Orient]