CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Jamme 1962 a: pl. 41

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.6 (max.), 2.5 (min.)
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  Kryb(m) [... ...]
   2  hqny ʾlm(q)[h ... ... l-wfy bn-]
   3  hw Lḥyʿṯt w-l wf(y)[-hmw ... ...]
   4  ʾʿtbn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Krybm [... ...]
   2  dedicated to ʾlmqh [... ... for the safety of
   3  his son] Lḥyʿṯt and for their safety [... ...]
   4  those of ʿtb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMārib
Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialAlabaster
Dimensionsw. 21.5, th. 8.8
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaḥram Bilqīs
Ancient siteʾwm
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1962 a: 234, pl. 41Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.