MAFRAY-Ḫirbat Saʿūd 2 Gl A 776
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 10.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Krbʾl Wtr bn
2 Ḏmrʿly mkrb
3 S¹bʾ gnʾ Ḥlḥln
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Krbʾl Wtr son of 2 Ḏmrʿly, mukarrib of 3 Sabaʾ, walled (the town with) Ḥlḥln. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 46, w. 110 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | The stone is part of the N-W city walls. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 152-153, pl. 21/b | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. Les inscriptions de al-Asâḥil, ad-Durayb et Ḫirbat Saʿûd. (Mission Archéologique Française en République Arabe du Yémen: prospection des Antiquités Préislamiques, 1980). Raydān, 3: 113-182. |
| Wissmann 1982: 111-112, fig. 20/b (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |