Fa 32 Gl 896=Gl 920=Gl 928=Gl 1095; A 139 a-b; A 93 a-b
Höfner 1973: pl. VII, 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 13.5 (max.); 13 (min.) | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Hwfʿṯt w-Ns²ʾkrb ḏy Ḥbb [h]wṯr(y) w-s²—
2 qr ḥrtn Ms³ʿl ms¹qt nḫl-hmy Nḥ(w)n
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Hwfʿṯt and Ns²ʾkrb, of Ḥbb, laid foundation and 2 completed the irrigation canal Ms³ʿl (for) the irrigation of their palmgrove Nḥwn. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 31, w. 130 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān (al- Bina) |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Notes | Reemployed on the eastern side of the main gate. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 52, n. 35, fig. 18 (facsimile) | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 23-24 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Höfner 1973: 16-17, pl. VII/1 | Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |