Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 20.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
1 | The restoration of the name of the group is based on MAFRAY-Abū Ṯawr 2. The construction verb is probably to be restored in the lacuna (cf. MAFRAY-Abū Ṯawr 2). The first letter of the toponym presents the signs of a writing error (letter "m" instead of "l"). |
English | |
1 ʾbʾmr son of ʾbydʿ ḏ-Ṯbrn [... ...] his house Hrn on the wall of the town l-Yṯʿʾmr, by ʾlmqh and by Yṯʿʾmr. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 25, w. 154+149+154+142 |
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: 189-190, pls II/b, III/a-c | 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. |
Nebes 2011 a | Nebes, Norbert 2011. Der Tatenbericht eines sabäischen Mukarribs als Widmungsinschrift. Pages 362-367 in Bernd Janowski, Daniel Schwemer and Daniel Arpagaus (eds). Grab-, Sarg-, Bau- und Votivinschriften. Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge. 6. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus. |