CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

Indexes
Tools
Record’s details
  • Editor(s)
    Alessandra Lombardi
    Alessia Prioletta
    Alessandra Avanzini
  • First published
    2014-07-25
  • Last revised
    2019-11-11
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-6568
CC BY 4.0
The above license applies to the data in this record, but not to any images displayed. The images are the property of third parties and are either used with permission or reproduced from publications (see the credits below each image).

Robin-Kāniṭ 11 Kāniṭ Museum 2


Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 30
photo
Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 30
photo
Rijziger 2016: 11, fig. 16

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 letters4 (lines 1-2)
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]md w-(B)r(g) w-[...]krb bnw Yrm[ ... ...]
   2  [... ...]hn w-rkb-hmy ḥg-n wqh-hmw Tʾlb b-[ms¹ʾl-hw ... ...]
   3  [... ...]m w-bry ʾʾḏnm w-mqymtm w-mng[t... ...]
   4   [... ... m]s²ymt-hmw b-s²ym-hmw Tʾlb R(y)[mm ... ...]

Apparatus
1Brg: uncertain reading.
2At the beginning Rijziger integrates: frs¹n]hn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]ʾ, Brg and [...]krb descendants of Yrm [... ...]
   2  [... ...] their riders according to what Tʾlb ordered them in His oracle [... ...]
   3  [... ...] prosperous faculties, material resources and events [... ...]
   4  [... ...] their fields. By their patron Tʾlb Rymm [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositKāniṭ, Museum
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 21.5
Link to object record

ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteal-Qarya
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaHamdān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReemployed in al-Qarya mosque.
Link to site record
Origin
Modern siteKāniṭ
Ancient siteʾknṭ
Geographical areaArhab
CountryYemen
Link to site record

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1982 a: ii, 62-63, pl. 30Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul.
Rijziger 2016: 11-12, fig. 16Rijziger, Sarah 2016. The Kāniṭ Museum collection. Arabian Epigraphic Notes, 2: 1-32. 2016/12/05; http://hdl.handle.net/1887/38573.