Y.85.AQ/3 Eryani 52
Garbini 1988: pl. 39/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 [... ...]d ʿms²f[q ... ...]
2 ʾlt [s³ʾ]k [... ...]
3 [ʿms²]fq bn Brhmw
4 [b]n Gdnm Dnm w-ʾ[ry]—
5 [d]y b-ʿm Krbʾl Wtr [ ... ...]
| 1-2 | Dexstrograde lines. |
| 4 | The initial "bn" is dextrograde; the shape of the letter "d" of the word "Dnm" is peculiar. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] ʿms²fq [... ...] 2 these has captured 3 ʿms²fq, son of Brhmw, 4 ibn Gdnm, at Dnm and ʾry ‒ 5 dy with Krbʾl Wtr [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Shiʿb al-ʿAql |
| Ancient site | Dnm (?) / ʾrydy (?) |
| Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1988: 24, pl. 39/b | Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO. |
| Jamme 1989: 76-77 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |