SR-Thulā 3
Rijziger 2017 a: 69, fig. 6
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [...b]—
2 n S²rḥṯt
3 w-bn-hw b—
4 nw ḏ-Ṯly ʿ—
5 s¹ʾw kwr
6 [... ...]
| 4 | First mention of the lineage name ḏ-Ṯly. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...] 2 [son of] S²rḥṯt 3 and his sons, descendants 4 of ḏ-Ṯly, 5 have dug out [the] hill 6 [...] |
| Rijziger 2017 a: 70-71 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Thulā |
| Ancient site | Ṯly |
| Geographical area | Shibām-Kawkabān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | The stone inscription is reused in a mosque of the village of Thulā. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The mention at l. 4 of the lineage name ḏ-Ṯly, according to the editor, proves that a town named Thulā, giving home to a clan of the same name, existed also in pre-Islamic times. According to Robin (quoted by the editor) the final y could represent a long vowel sound, which is rendered /ā/ in later Arabic tradition.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rijziger 2017 a: 70-71, fig. 6 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1. |