CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...](r)[.] (b)rʾw w-hqḥ w-ṯwbn mḥ(r)[... ...]
   2  [... ... ʾm](l)k S¹bʾ w-bny ḏ-Rydn b-qdmy ḏ[n ywmn ... ...]
   3  [... ...Ḏ]mrʿly Yhbr ḏ-Rydn w-wfy w-ṣ[ḥ ... ...]
   4  [... ...](nn) w-(b)-(qb)l ʾrḍ s²[ʿ](bn) ʾd[hwn ... ...]

Apparatus
4Perhaps [... ...](ḫnn)

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBaynūn, Museum, BynM 3
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27, w. 41, th. 7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (al-Ḥadāʾ)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaal-Ḥadāʾ
CountryYemen
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CULTURAL NOTES

Textual reasons (the used title ḏ-Rydn) and palaeographic features (letter b without double horizontal bar) lead us to suppose that we deal with the Ḏmrʿly Yhbr of the second century AD, son of Ys¹rm Yhṣqd and father of Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm.