CSAI

Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters14
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  Lḥyʿṯt Yrḫm bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwl—
   2  n qyl Rdmn w-Ḫwln bn Whbʾl |
   3  Yḥz bqr w-hfʿl w-hqḥ w-hnb—
   4  ṭ mṭr-hw Ts¹dd w-kl mʾtt-h—
   5  w w-ḥrt-hw w-gnʾt-
   6  hw b-fnw hgr-hw Wʿln Tʾzl

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyʿṯt Yrḫm ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln,
   2  qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln, son of Whbʾl
   3  Yḥz, dug up, worked, completed and excavated
   4  his field Ts¹dd, and all its conduts,
   5  its canals, its channels (or: dam?) and its walls
   6  in front of his city Wʿln Tʾzl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
Measuresh. 125, w. 49
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Miʿsāl
Ancient siteWʿln
Geographical areaal-Bayḍāʾ
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 55-57, 69 (upper photo)ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75.