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
PeriodB

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... ḏ]n qbrn knn((Knn)) Ṯm[... ...]((ṯm[... ...]))
   2  [... ...] w-ṣdq ʿs¹n-s¹ [... ...]
   3  [... ...] (S²)kwm bny S²kw[m ... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-Ṯwbʾl rm[... ...]

Apparatus
1the reading variants are suggested by Jamme, who translates "... has added .. to this tomb Knn eight [..."

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositHamburg, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg 1590
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 25, w. 33
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mittwoch and Schlobies 1938: 347, no. 88Mittwoch, Eugen and Schlobies, Hans 1938. Altsüdarabische Inschriften im Hamburgischen Museum für Völkerkunde. Orientalia, 7: 95-99; 233-238; 343-354.