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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2019-04-07
  • Last revised
    2019-12-13
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-2682
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as-Sawdāʾ 15 Hal 410; RES 2916; M 138


By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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Avanzini 1995: pl.15/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters8.5
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

Even though there are no linguistic distinctive traits, the language of the text is most probably Minaic. See in particular the phraseology: ʿs¹n w-bny.

TEXT

marker


   1  Ḏmrkrb ʾmr b[n ... ...]
   2  ʿs¹n w-bny ʾḫṭ(b)[... ...]

Apparatus
1Ḏmrkrb ʾmr might be the name of a king, as both onomastic elements are typical of the royal onomastics, mainly in Kamna.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏmrkrb ʾmr son of [... ...]
   2  founded and built the inner rooms [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositWien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 663
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 24, w. 67
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Höfner 1933: 33Höfner, Maria 1933. Die sabäischen Inschriften der südarabischen Expedition im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien (I). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 40: 1-36.
Avanzini 1995: 99-100, pl. 15/aAvanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]