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  • Editor(s)
    Irene Rossi
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2013-10-01
  • Last revised
    2024-12-04
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-420
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as-Sawdāʾ 14 RES 2879; M 108; CIAS 95.11/w 1 n° 1


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodB
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]rn w-bhny-s¹m S¹ʿ(d)↯ʾl w-Ṣdqyfʿ bhny [... ...]
   2  [... ...]rl kl ʾbytn Hr(n)((Hr(n)))↯ w-*ḏ*-Ẓhrn((ḏ-Ẓhrn)) w-ms³wd-s¹m [... ...]
   3  [... ...]ʾhl ʾtm ʿm-s¹m w-k(l)↯ bytn[ ... ...]

Apparatus
1-3the text after the break is only in Halévy's edition.
2Halévy reads b-Ẓhrn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, NAM 255=AM 343B
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteas-Sawdāʾ
Ancient siteNs²n
Geographical areaJawf - Wādī al-Buhayra
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIAS: ii, 221-223, photoBeeston, Alfred F.L., Pirenne, Jacqueline and Robin, Christian J. 1977-1986. Corpus des inscriptions et antiquités sud-arabes:
Vol. I (1977): Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités;
Vol. II (1986): Le Musée d’Aden. Tome 1. Inscriptions. Tome 2. Antiquités. Louvain: Peeters. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres]
Avanzini 1995: 98-99, pl. 14/bAvanzini, Alessandra 1995. As-Sawdāʾ. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 4. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente]