al-Kaʿāb 29
Robin 1997 a: 168, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 9.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [S¹](m)h(r)ym Ḏbyn (b)n Krbʾl ʾḫ Ydʿʾl w-S¹mhʿly
2 bny qyf ʾlm-hw ywm ʾlm ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-hnr-
3 hw b-Trḥ b-S¹mhʿly |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S¹mhrym Ḏbyn, son of Krbʾl, brother of Ydʿʾl and S¹mhʿly, 2 erected the stela of his ritual banquet, when he celebrated the ritual banquet of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn and burnt offerings 3 to Him in Trḥ; by S¹mhʿly. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 52, w. 136 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Lawdh |
| Ancient site | Kwrn |
| Geographical area | Northern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn |
| Notes | Found near the monumental porch of the al-Kaʿāb temple. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1997 a: 159-160, 168 (fig. 1) | Robin, Christian J. 1997. Sumhūriyām, fils de Karibʾīl le Grand, et le mukarribat. Pages 155-170 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). Aktualisierte Beiträge zum 1. Internationalen Symposion Südarabien, interdisziplinär an der Universität Graz mit kurzen Einführungen zu Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte. In memoriam Maria Höfner. Graz: Leykam. |