CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾws¹ bn ʿ[...]qwm s³lʾ
   2  Wd fnw krb s¹brr k-Ybḥrʾl
   3  w-ʾlṣnʿ b-ʾrnydʿ
   4  w-ḏt Ns²q w-ʿms²fq w-Ydʿʾb

Apparatus
1Qwm may also be a name of group (see Maʿīn 93C): ʾws¹ bn ʿ[.. ḏ-]Qwm.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾws¹ son of [...]qwm dedicated
   2  to Wd a façade (?) as obligaton from which He released him for Ybḥrʾl
   3  and ʾlṣnʿ; by ʾrnydʿ
   4  and ḏt Ns²q and ʿms²fq and Ydʿʾb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Throne
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arbach and Schiettecatte 2006: 61-62Arbach, Mounir and Schiettecatte, Jérémie 2006. Catalogue des pièces archéologiques et épigraphiques du Jawf au Musée National de Ṣanʿâʾ. Ṣanʿâʾ National Museum. Ṣanʿāʾ: Centre français d'archéologie et de sciences sociales de Ṣanʿâʾ. [Text in French and Arabic]
Rossi 2022: 112-113Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider.