CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ... h]qn[y ]Tʾl(b)[ Rymm ... ...]
   2  [... ...]ṯlṯtn ʾṣl(m)[n ... ...]
   3  [... ...]-hw Ḥywm b-k[... ...]
   4  [... ... w-l] ḏt yzʾn ṣdq[... ...]
   5  [... ... w-l ]ḏt ys¹ʿdn-hmw [... ...]
   6  [... ...]m ʿdy ms²mt-hmw w-[... ...]
   7  [... ... tn](ʿ)mn l-hw w-l mt[ʿn]-h[mw ... ...]
   8  [... ... w-l s¹]ʿd-hmw rḍy ʾmrʾ-h[mw ... ...]
   9  [... ...]Tʾlb Rymm

Apparatus
3Beginning: b]n-hw (Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934: 51); end: CIH corrects b-ʾ[mlʾ.
7mt[ʿn] h[nd-hmw (CIH)

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 50, w. 28
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteNāʿiṭ
Ancient siteNʿṭm
Geographical areaRayda
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1934Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1934. Bemerkungen zu altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Orientalia, 3: 42-62.