CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Calvet and Robin 1997: 200, cat. 116

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ... .]rbm w-ʿqrbm bnw Ys²l ʾd[m ... ...]
   2  [... ... Tʾlb Ry]mm bʿl Qdmn w-b rdʾ ʾ[mrʾ-hmw ... ...]

Apparatus
2Robin's integration: w-b rdʾ ʾ[mrʾ-hmw bnw Btʿ ... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositParis, Louvre Museum, AO 1544
Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 29.5, w. 88.5, th. 8.5
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteal-Ḥuqqa
Ancient siteDmhn
Geographical areaBanī al-Ḥārith
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Calvet and Robin 1997: 200, cat. 116Calvet, Yves and Robin, Christian J. 1997. Arabie heureuse. Arabie déserte. Les antiquités arabiques du Musée du Louvre. Avec la collaboration de Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet and Marielle Pic. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.