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).
Gl 1184 A 215
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Measure of letters | 3.7 |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription comes from the same site as CIH 40. |
TEXT
1 [ḏ]-ʾbhy-mw b-ʾlmqh w-b S¹[..]
| 1 | The traces of the last two signs may be those of /m/ and /ʿ/. The name of the god S¹mʿ is however unexpected in the region of Maḏāb. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ... [of] (the month) ʾbhy. By ʾlmqh and by S¹[..]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Madhāb (Surroundings) |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Ḍūrān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Tschinkowitz 1969: 10 | Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission. |
| Beeston 1956: 12, 17 | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1956. Epigraphic South Arabian calendars and dating. London: Luzac. |