Kh-Ghawl Sālim 2
Noman 2012: 236, fig. 23
By kind permission of K. Noman
By kind permission of K. Noman
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Marginal Qatabanic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 6 |
TEXT
1 S²bmm Yhnʿm-ḏ-M—
2 rʾrbʿ mʿhd-ʿs³—
3 tr ḏ-S¹mʿm m(hʿ)—
4 ll s²ʿb-s¹ S²bm-B—
5 klm w-Rdmn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²bmm Yhnʿm, he of M- 2 rʾrbʿ functionary of ʿs³- 3 tr ḏ-S¹mʿm, deputy of his 4 tribe S²bm B- 5 klm and Rdmn. |
| Noman 2012: 51 | Noman, Khaldon 2012. A Study of south Arabian Inscriptions from the region of Dhamār (Yemen). (PhD, Università di Pisa). 2016/05/10; https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-08112012-151251/. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Measures | h. 41, w. 60 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ghawl Sālim |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Mayfaʿat ʿAns |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Noman 2012: 51 | Noman, Khaldon 2012. A Study of south Arabian Inscriptions from the region of Dhamār (Yemen). (PhD, Università di Pisa). 2016/05/10; https://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-08112012-151251/. |
| Prioletta and Nuʿmān 2021: 210-211, fig. 10 | Prioletta, Alessia and Noman, Khaldon 2021. New evidence on the cult of ʿAthtar dhū-S¹mʿm, the god of the Maytamum tribe. Pages 205-214 in Christian Darles, Lamya Khalidi and Mounir Arbach (eds). Contacts between South Arabia and the Horn of Africa, from the Bronze Age to Islam. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi. |