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AION : Annali, Instituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli
BASOR : Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Researech.
CIAS : Corpus des Inscriptions et Antiquits Sud Arabes, Louvain Editions Peeters
CIH : Corpus inscriptionum : pars Quarta, Inscriptions Himyariticas et Sabaeas
Ga : Inscriptions publishes by Garbini, G
Gl : Inscriptions from Glaser, E Collection.
Hal : Inscriptions from Halevy Collection
Ja
: Inscriptions publishes by A. Jamme
JRAS : Journal of royal Asitic Society
MuB : Inscriptions reseved in the Bayhan Musem
Le Mus : Le Museon, Revue d'etudes orientales, Louvain. publier par L'Association
Sansbut Lucratif.
Lu
: Inscriptions publishes by A.Lundin
Raydn : Journal of Ancient Yemeni Antiquities and Epigraphy, Aden Louvain,
Raydan Foundation for Archaeological and Epigraphy Studies
PSAS : Proceeding of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, London, Seminar for
Arabian Studies
RES : Rpertoir dEpigraphie Smitique
Ry : Inscriptions publishes by Ryckmans,Gonzague
SEG : Sammlung Eduard Glaser, Wien, SOAW
SOAW : Sitzungsberichte Osterreichische Aksdemie der Wissenschaften.
YM : Yemen Museum
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1. CIAS 39.11/o1 n1 = Ja 115
" CIAS, II. 5-8; Pirenne, Semitica 16 (1966) p.90; Jamme, Pieces ... Muncherjee,
p.131-135"
2. CIAS 39.11/o2 n6 = Ja 708
" CIAS, II, p.27; Jamme, SIMA, p.196"

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3. Ga 46
" Garbimi, G " Un Nuvo Documento Per la Soriade antico Yemen", OA, 1973,
vol, 12, 143-163.
4. CIH 306
" CIH. Tome, 1, p. 320"
5. CIH 338 = Gl 1209
" N. Rhodokanakis, Altsabische Texte, dans, Wiener Zeitschrift fr die Kunde
des Morgenlandes, XXXIX, (1924), p. 912
6. CIH 366
" CIH. Tome, 2, p. 10"
7. CIH 367 = Gl 1147= Lu 16
" CIH. Tome, 2, p. 14-15"
8. CIH 382
" CIH. Tome, 2, p. 40-41"
9. CIH 460
" CIH, Tome, 2, p. 165. Beeston, A. L. F " The OracleSancutuary of Jar al
Labba", Le Mus, 1949, vol, 62, pp. 208-219".
10. CIH 462
"CIH, Tome, 2, p. 167"
11. CIH 466
"CIH, Tome, 2, p. 167"
12. CIH 533= Haram 43
" CIH, Tome, 3, p. 250-251. Ryckmans, G., " Les confession publiques des
peches en Arabie Meridionale Pr-islamique, Le Mus, 1945, vol 58, pp. 1-14 ;
Ryckmans, J, " Les confessions publiques : le code sud arabe de puret rituelle",
AION, 1972, vol 32, pp. 1-15; Robin, Chr, " Inventaire des Inscriptions sud
Arabiques, Tome, 1, Fascicule A: Les Documents, Paris, Diffusione de Boccard,
1992, pp. 109-111.
13. CIH 548
" CIH. Tome, 2, p. 67"
14. CIH 563
"" CIH. Tome, 3, p. 283-284"
15. CIH 670
" CIH. Tome, 3, p. 102"
16. CIH 956
" CIH. Tome, 3, p. 283"
17. CIH 957
" CIH. Tome, 3, pp. 284-285"

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18. Ghul Mrib I

" Bron, Mmorial ...Ghul, pp. 69-70"
19. Ir 11= NaNAG 12
" Iryn (1990), pp.96-99; J. Rykmans (1968), pp. 261-273; Nm, nuq arabiyya
Ganbiyya, (1960), pp. ; J. Rykmans , la mancie par Hrb en Arabie du sud
ancienne ( 1968), pp.
20. Ir 15
" Iryn (1990), pp.128-131"
21. Ja 455
22. Ja 550 = MaMB 3, 4, 5 ; CIH 375 ; Gl 481= ZI 34
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 9-15 ; CIH II, pp. 25-28 ; CIH III, pp. 354-299 ; Zayd Inn,
(1976), pp. 273-277 ; Pirenne, Notes d'archologie , p. 309 ; Mller, Altsd. und
frhnordarabische, pp. 661-662"
23. Ja 551 = MaMB 2 = CIH 374 = Gl 485= ZI 33
" Jamme SIMB, p. 15 ; Jamme, PSAP, pp. 121, 162-962; Zayd Inn, (1976), pp.
272-273"
24. Ja 552 = MaMB 6 = ZI 37
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 16-91; Zayd Inn, (1976), pp. 283-284 ; Wissmann, Das
Grossreich, pp. 343-344"
25. Ja 567= MaMB 291
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 49-53"
26. Ja 577= MaMB 219 = ZI 58
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 76-92 ; Zayd Inn, (1976), pp. 347-356 "
27. Ja 580 = MaMB 184
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 87-88"
28. Ja 642 = MaMB 260
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 141-142"
29. Ja 651 = MaMB 108 = ZI 60
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 155-991 ; Zayd Inn, (1976), pp. 319-320 "
30. Ja 653 = MaMB 220 = ZI 56
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 158-991 ; Zayd Inn, (1976), pp. 318-352 ; J. Ryckmans, Un
rite d'Istisqa (9112), pp. 296-388"
31. Ja 658 = MaMB 659 = Ir 40
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 163 -164 ; Iryn (1990), pp. 248-251"
32. Ja 669 = MaMB 183
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 174-175"
33. Ja 695= MaMB 116

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" Jamme SIMB, p. 188"

34. Ja 696= MaMB 218
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 188 -189"
35. Ja 697= MaMB 130
" Jamme SIMB, p. 189"
36. Ja 702 = MaMB 145
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 192-193"
37. Ja 705 = MaMB 155
" Jamme SIMB, p. 195"
38. Ja 723 = MaMB 186
" Jamme SIMB, p. 206"
39. Ja 735 = Ja 754 = MaMB 234-288
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 211-212 ; J. Ryckmans, Un rite d'Istisqa (1973), pp. 380388"
40. Ja 745 = MaMB 261 = ZI 6
" Jamme SIMB, p. 499 ; Zayd Inn, (1976), pp.166-167 "
41. Ja 752= MaMB 284
" Jamme SIMB, pp. 223-224"
42. Ja 762 = MaMB 20
" Jamme SIMB, p. 228"
43. MUB 4
" Robin, Bfaqih, Raydn 3 (1980), pp. 97-101 "
44. NaNAG 12
" Nm, Nuq arabiyya anbiyya,al-Maam'a al-rbi'a (1960), Ryckmans. J.
pp. 1-2 "" la mancie par Hrb en Arabie du sud Ancienne (1968).
45. RES 2624
" RES, Tome 6, p. 245"
46. RES 2693
" RES, Tome 4, p. 45"
47. RES 3654
" RES, Tome 5, Pp. 34-36''
48. RES 3946 = Gl 1000 b
" RES, Tome 6, Pp. 345-219 ; Rhdo-Alt Sabische " Text 1, Wien SB AWW,
(1927), Pp. 19-78.
49. RES 3945 = Gl 1000 a
" RES, Tome 6, Pp. 405-291 ; Rhdo-Alt Sabische " Text 1, Wien SB AWW,
(1927), Pp. 79-96.
50. RES 4176 = Gl 1210

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" RES Tome 7, pp. 114-124, GHUL, M. " The Pilgrimage at Itwa" ed by Beeston,
"A. F. T, PSAS, 1983, vol 14, pp. 33-39
51. RES 4233 = Ry 115
" RES VII, (1938), pp. 159-161, Jamme, ANET, p. 664, G. Rykmans, Mus 48
" (1935), pp. 164-168
52. YM 375 = CIAS 95. 41/r4
""Beeston, A. F. L. CIAS, Tome, 1, pp. 225-226
53. YM 441 = CIAS 39.11/r
""CIAS, Tome, 1, p. 87
54. ZI 11
"" Zayd Inn, 1976, pp. 194-196
55. ZI 75
" " Zayd Inn, 1976, p. 399; Robin et Bfaqih, Raydn 1, (1978), pp. 51-54

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