CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


CIH: i/iv, pl. XXXIV

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
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  -hw w-l s¹ʿd-hmw nʿm[tm]
   2  w-wfym w-gyb-hmw b(n)
   3  nḍʿ w-s²ṣy s²nʾm [w-]
   4  (m)hbʾs¹m b-Tʾlb Rym(m)

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  and so that He might grant them favours and
   3  safety and protect them from the
   4  harm and malice of any enemy
   5  and of the one who causes damage; by Tʾlb Rymm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBerlin, Altes Museum (formerly Königlisches Museum), 2674
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 21, w. 26
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteṢanʿāʾ
Ancient siteṢnʿw
Geographical areaSanʿāʾ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann 1893: pl. VMordtmann, Johannes H. 1893. Himjarische Inschriften und Alterthümer in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. (Mitteilungen aus den orientalischen Sammlungen, 7). Berlin: W. Spemann.