Ja 889
Jamme 1962 b: 232
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
GENERAL NOTES
| No names of gods in the text, so it is impossible to consider it a dedicatory text. |
TEXT
1 Ḥẓyn ʿyzn
2 Lḥy s¹ṭr b-ʿln
3 ḏ-mʾt ḫryftm
| 1 | ʿyzn Lḥy is probably the father of Ḥẓyn; |
| 2 | no separation trait between Lḥy and s¹ṭr; lʿln above the original bʿln. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥẓyn (son of) ʿyzn 2 Lḥy wrote in (the month of) ʿln, 3 of the year one hundred. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Munaykhir |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Mukayras |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1962 b: 231-233, facsimile | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Inscription rupestre et graffites qatabanites photographiés par le Major M.D. van Lessen. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 37: 231-241. |
| Müller, Walter W. 2010: 3 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |