Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 16.6 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 S¹mhʿly Ynf son of Ydʿʾl, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled Mnhytm. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 25, w. 200 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥizmat Abū Thawr |
Ancient site | Mnhytm l-yṯʿʾmr / Mnhtm / Mnytm |
Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī al-Buhayra |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
Link to site record |
Robin 1986: 188, pl. II/a | Robin, Christian J. 1986. Du nouveau sur les Yazʾanides. Appendice. Les inscriptions Mafray-Abu Ṯawr 1-3. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 16: 181-197. |