Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 10.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 Yṯʿʾmr Byn son of S¹m‒ 2 hʿly, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled 3 ʿrrtm (with) S²bm. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 89, w. 47 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Asāḥil |
Ancient site | ʿrrtm |
Geographical area | wādī Raġwān |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
Notes | The stone was found fallen from the S-E city walls. |
Link to site record |
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 124-125, pl. 6/b | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. Les inscriptions de al-Asâḥil, ad-Durayb et Ḫirbat Saʿûd. (Mission Archéologique Française en République Arabe du Yémen: prospection des Antiquités Préislamiques, 1980). Raydān, 3: 113-182. |