CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Robin 1982 a: ii, pl. 68/b

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]s³wdn b [... ...]
   2  [... ...]mr[.] (z) nd[... ...]

Apparatus
1After the isolated letter b, Robin reads a sign composed by the letters n and g.
Lundin: [... ... m]s³wdn [..]n[... ...].
2Lundin: [... ...]t[.]d[... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 20, w. 40
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṬayba
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Ḍahr
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReemployed on the wall of a private building.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jamme 1955 e: 113-115, pl. 2Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130.
Grjaznevič 1978: 44Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
Robin 1982 a: 111-112, pl. 68/bRobin, 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.