de Maigret 1981: pl. 8/a
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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 [...L]yʿṯt w-bn-hw Hrm[.] [..]—
2 mrm bnw ḏ-ʾhgrn brʾw
3 byt-hmw S²bʿn b-rs²wt
4 Ḥywm bn S²mr Ẓbym ḫ[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
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1 Lḥyʿṯt and his son Hrm[... ...]
2 mrm of the family ʾhgrn built
3 their house S²bʿn during the priesthood of
4 Ḥywm, son of S²mr Ẓbym [... ...]
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OBJECT INFORMATION
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
ProvenanceModern site | Madīnat al-Ahjur |
Ancient site | ʾhgrn |
Geographical area | al-Ḥadaʾ |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
de Maigret 1981: pl. 8/a | de Maigret, Alessandro 1981. Two prehistoric cultures and a new Sabaean site in the Eastern Highlands of North Yemen. Raydān, 4: 191-204.
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