Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 7.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 Ḏrḥʾl Yḫḍl and his brother, of the family 2 S¹qrn, vassals of the family Btʿ, built their house 3 in their city ḏ-Qʿltm and committed their 4 house to ʿṯtr. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 31, w. 53 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Jāhīlīya |
Ancient site | ḏ-Qʿltm |
Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
Link to site record |
ʿAbdallāh 1989 b: 114-116, 119 (upper photo) | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1989. Mudawwana an-nuquš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Al-ʾIklīl, 7/2: 123-124. |