Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 18.5-19 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
1 | The end of the inscription (text after the break) had to be on a third stone block now disappeared but still in situ when seen by Habshush (cf. Hal 596 and CIH 368). Hal 596 reads Mnytm, but Robin corrects Mnhytm. |
English | |
1 ʿmʾmr son of ʾbʾmr ḏ-Ṯbrn, friend of S¹mhʿly and Yṯʿʾmr, built his house Mrdʿm on the wall of the town [of Mnhytm l-Yṯʿʾmr, by ʾlmqh and ... ...]. |
1 | Translation also in Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 64, no.3. |
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931 | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 32, w. 350 |
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: 188-189, pl. IV | 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. |