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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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CIH 981


CIH: iii/ii, pl. LVIII

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters9.3 (l.1), 7.6 (l.2)
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾlʿm
   2  Rs²m |

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositBombay, Museum, 47
Support typeArtefact » Base
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 10, w. 11
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

CIH: iii, 308-309, pl. LVIII1889-1930. Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabaeas Continens. CIS, Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum ab Academia Inscriptionum et Litterarum Humaniorum conditum atque digestum. (3 vols), Paris: Imprimerie nationale. [Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.]
Lambert 1923Lambert, Mayer 1923. Les inscriptions yéménites du Musée de Bombay. Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale, 20: 72–78.
Jamme 1971 b: 30-31Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed]