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
Measure of letters16.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... bny w-ʿ](s¹)y byt-s¹ Mḏb b-(r)[ʿẓ ... ... ʾ]
   2  (lyf)ʿ
w-[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg 1580
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 28, w. 77
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1938: 343, no. 86 (photo)Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1938. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 7: 95-99; 233-238; 343-354.
Pirenne 1956: pl. XX/aPirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Rossi 2022: 364Rossi, 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.