CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 101, fig. 76

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] nṣbw b-q[d]m[y ... ...]
   2  Rmtn ḏ-wṯnn w-s¹tmlʾw b-ʿm s²ym-hm[w ... ...]—
   3  w mḥgrtn ḥg-n k-nṣbw b-qdmy ḏn w[tfn ... ...]
   4  tflw k-Qṣr bn Wrd ḏ-Nmn b-ʿly [... ...]

Apparatus
1w-S¹n]ḥn w-H[wfʿ]ṯt and at the end [mḥrmn w-hgrn (CIH).
2ʿdy Ḥ]rmtn (Mordtmann and Mittwoch); CIH suggests to emend ḏ<n> wṯnn, and at the end to integrate s²ym-hm[w Rmn w-wqfn l-h].
4w-s¹]tflw ʾqṣr bn Wrn ḏ-N[ʿ]mn bʿl [R]mt[n] (CIH); tflw b-qṣr (Mordtmann and Mittwoch).

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 15, w. 50
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteḤāz
Ancient siteḤzym
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 101-102 (facsimile)Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.