Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement 5 ANCIENT YEMEN Some General Trends of Evolution of the Sabaic Language and Sabaean Culture by Andrey Korotayev Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester 1995CONTENTS List of Tables Acknowledgments Notes on Transcription and Transliteration Systems GENERAL INTRODUCTION a. Some terms and notions b. Information output of historical sources Chapter I: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SABAIC TITLES a. Introduction b. Titles *b°! bytn X and mgtwy c."Positive" and "negative" deviation d. The title gayl e. Numbers of authors and forms of titles £. The title “bal’dm g. "Positive deviation from the dual": social or linguistic phenomenon? h. Changes in the numbers of authors of the inscriptions installed by the "clients" i, Patrons of clients j. "Nisbah" k. Preliminary conclusions Chapter I: FROM CLAN TITLES TO CLAN NAMES? Chapter III: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SABAIC POSSESSIVE PRONOMINAL SUFFIXES a. Introduction b. "Land property words" c. "Words designating buildings" d. "Immovable property words" in general 31 32 33 35 47 53 53 53 60e. "We" and "I" in the Sabaean cultural-political area Chapter IV: SOME GENERAL TRENDS AND FACTORS OF EVOLUTION OF THE SABAEAN CULTURAL-POLITICAL AREA a. Geographical conditions of Yemen and the origins of the South Arabian civilization b. Lowlands and Highlands in the Ancient Period c, Lowlands and Highlands in the Middle Period. Problem of "archaization" d. Some “nontribal" elements of the Middle "Sabaean" socio-political system e. The Sabaean Lowlands in the Middle Period £, The Himyarite-Radmanite cultural-political area in the Middle Period g. General characterization of the Middle Sabaean political system CONCLUSION MAPS BIBLIOGRAPHY SIGLA OF THE INSCRIPTIONS CITED INDEX 73 79 79 81 83 87 92 93 95 97 101 105 124 127