CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


Höfner 1973: pl. VII, 1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Measure of letters13.5 (max.); 13 (min.)
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT


   1  Hwfʿṯt w-Ns²ʾkrb ḏy Ḥbb [h]wṯr(y) w-s²—
   2  qr ḥrtn Ms³ʿl ms¹qt nḫl-hmy Nḥ(w)n

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Hwfʿṯt and Ns²ʾkrb, of Ḥbb, laid foundation and
   2  completed the irrigation canal Ms³ʿl (for) the irrigation of their palmgrove Nḥwn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
Measuresh. 31, w. 130
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān (al- Bina)
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
NotesReemployed on the eastern side of the main gate.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: i, 52, n. 35, fig. 18 (facsimile)Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 23-24Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press.
Höfner 1973: 16-17, pl. VII/1Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.