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 typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]y b-mbny [... ...]
   2  [... ...] ʿd s²qrn yq[... ...]
   3  [... ...] ʾlʿz w-krb ʾḫ[... ...]
   4  [... ...]bḍ ʾrbʿ ʾmh [... ...]
   5  [... ...]ʾmr w-ʾ[... ...]
   6  [... ...]t Mtbq[bṭ ... ...]
   7  [... ...]s³ w-ʿrb mṯʿy Wd[ ... ...]
   8  [... ... ʾ]lmqh w-Ydʿʾl w-S¹bʾ[ ... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteMaʿīn
Ancient siteQrnw
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī Madhab
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rossi 2022: 361-362Rossi, 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.