Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Incision | ||||
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Textual typology | Construction text |
7-8 | ʿAbdallāh has l-s¹ṯt instead of ḏl-s¹ṯt. |
8 | it is more probable to imagine a mistake (ʾby for ʾnby) than a new Qatabanian god ʾby, as Müller did (Müller, Walter W. 2010: 189) |
English | |
1 Nṣrm Yhḥmd ibn Mʿhr and ḏ-Ḫwln, qyl 2 of Rdmn and Ḫwln completed, rebuilt, cleaned out their 3 irrigation system Tgyb for their vineyard Klnm in the valley Rḥbm 4 from the foundation to the top. With the help and thw power of S¹yn 5 ḏ-ʾlm, ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm; with the help and the authority of 6 their lord ʾlʿz Ylṭ, king of Ḥaḍramawt; with the might, 7 the support of their tribe Rdmn and Ḫwln. In the year 8 one hundred forty-six. In accordance with ʾnby. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Miʿsāl |
Ancient site | Wʿln |
Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
Link to site record |
ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 29-36 (photo p. 51) | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75. |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 17 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |