MAFRAY-Ḫirbat Saʿūd 6
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Yṯʿʾmr Wtr bn S¹mhʿly mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ Ktlm |
2 ḏ-Rḥb
| 2 | The letters of the name Rḥb are separated by large spaces. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṯʿʾmr Wtr son of S¹mhʿly, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled Ktlm 2 (with) ḏ-Rḥb. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 34, w. 128 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | The stone is fallen from the S-W part of the city walls. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 156-157, pl. 24 | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. Les inscriptions de al-Asâḥil, ad-Durayb et Ḫirbat Saʿûd. (Mission Archéologique Française en République Arabe du Yémen: prospection des Antiquités Préislamiques, 1980). Raydān, 3: 113-182. |