MS al-Ḫarba 1
al-Salami 2011: 197, fig. 14 a
- al-Salami 2011: 197, fig. 14 a
- al-Salami 2011: 197, fig. 14 b
- al-Salami 2011: 198, fig. 14 c
- al-Salami 2011: 198, fig. 14 d
- al-Salami 2011: 199, fig. 14 e
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6,5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 (Yh)ʿn w-bn-hw ʾls²rḥ( w)-(b)n-hmy Tbʿkrb bnw[ Y]—
2 hʿn bn S¹ṭrn ʿs¹ʾw w-ḥrr w-byd w-ḍrk w-gnʾ (w)-[h—
3 q]ḥn ʿbr-hmw Tʿwd b-ʾlmqh bʿl Rywn[ w-ʿṯt]—
4 (r) bʿl Tyfʿm
| 3-4 | The epithets of ʾlmqh and ʿṯtr are not sure. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yhʿn and his son ʾls²rḥ and his son Tbʿkrb, the sons of 2 Yhʿn, of the family S¹ṭrn, constructed, constructed a canal, cleared the ground, walled a cistern, walled, and 3 completed their terraced field Tʿwd. By ʾlmqh, Lord of Rywn, and ʿṯtr, 4 Lord of Tyfʿm. |
| 3-4 | The end of l. 3 and the line 4 follow the reading by Al-Salami. |
| al-Salami 2011: 36-38 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 92 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Kharba |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed as architrave of the door in a house of the village al-Ḫarba. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 36-38, fig. 14 a-e | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |