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Gl 396 A 48; Minkath-Garbini 5
Garbini 1973 d: pl. IV, d
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Zydm
2 ʿzrʾl
3 ḏ-Yzd
| 1 | The reading of the monogramis not so sure. There is a little horizontal stroke above the triangle of the /d/ which may be read as a /g/. |
| 2 | For a parallel to this name, see ʿḏrʾl, in RES 3943, 3. Worthy of note the orthography with /z/ istead of /ḏ/. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 23, w. 13 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ẓafār |
| Ancient site | Ẓfr |
| Geographical area | Ẓafār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | Garbini photographed the inscription in Mankaṯ, near Ẓafār. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1973 d: 593, pl. IV, d | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Frammenti epigrafici sabei-II. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 33/4: 587-593. |
| Höfner 1981: 33-34 | Höfner, Maria 1981. Sabäische Inschriften. (Letzte Folge). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 14. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 378). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |