CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Chronology
PeriodA. Conjectural

GENERAL NOTES

This inscription belongs, most probably, to RES 4760

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...] ʾrn
   2  s³lʾm [... ...]
   3  [... ...]m ṯny
   4  [ʾ]lfm /2000/
   5  [... ...] /4000/ w-
   6  [... ...]

Apparatus
2s²lʾm in RES.
4The second ʾ of the numeral is restored.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialMarble
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rhodokanakis 1927 a: 4-5Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1927. Altsabäische Texte I. (Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 206). Wien und Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky A.-G..
Grebenz 1935: 82Grebenz, Karl 1935. Die kleinen Fragmente aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mârib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 42: 66-93.