CSAI
Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 186 a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is a short version of CIH 308.

TEXT

marker


   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...s²]ym-[hmw T]ʾlb Rymm [... ...]
   3  [... ...ʾṣl]mn ḏ-ḏhbn ḥmdm b-ḏt [... ...]
   4  [... ...] w-ṣrf tnṭʿw w-hqs²[bn ... ...]
   5  [... ...s¹rw]rm ṣrfm w-kl mhw[kb-hmw ... ...]
   6  [... ...ʾʿ]mdn w-ṣwrt w-ʾrfd b-[ʾʿrs³n... ...]
   7  
[... ...ṣ]wrtn ḏ-Qyhrn ḏ-ts²ʿ[w-w... ...]
   8  [... ...w-l-mkn]tn ṯmnt [s¹]rwrm w-[kl... ...]
   9  [... ...]w-kl mws¹[ṭ] hyt mk[ntn... ...]
  10  [... ...] b-ʿbr-hw Gdrt mlk Ḥ[bs²tn... ...]
  11  [... ...] ʾḫwnn byn-hmw w-byn Gd[rt... ...]
  12  [... ...b-ʿ]ly-kl ḏ-ynts²ʾn [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 40, w. 22
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteJabal Riyām
Ancient siteTrʿt
Geographical areaArḥab
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe inscription was deposited in a courtyard of a house.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bauer and Lundin 1998: 68, photos 186 a, bBauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial]