INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
GENERAL NOTES
| The inscription, copied by Halévy, it is composed by 35 fragmentary lines, belonging most probably to different inscriptions, incised on a wall. | |
TEXT
1 (B)hlm bn Mʾ[... ...]
2 Rdmn lṯ[... ...]
3 W(h)bm ʾs¹ds²fq
4 Yq(ḍ)mʾl ʿbd [.]bṯ[... ...]
5 Ydʿʾl
6 (Ḫ)lʾb |
7 Yq(ḍ)mʾl
8 Nḥbn bn [... ...]
9 Yrbl[.]r ʿm
10 ʾw(ṣn)g dn
11 rf(ḍm) (ṣṣ)tṭ(m)
12 (m)ṭq ḍmʿ |
13 w-(d)ʿrn (ḥm)s³[.] |
14 w-kwn ḏn s¹ṭrn y[wm ... ...]—
15 rn rġgṭ
16 ʾs²ʿbn ʾ(m)r(m) b-Yṯl
17 ḏ-Ḥzfrn
18 ḏ-Gdnm
19 Ḏmrydʾ Krryn
20 Yglṯ |
21 ʾl(w)hb Ġyzn |
22 Whbʾl Wfdm bn S¹r(ʿ)
23 ṣd[... ...]
24 Mldm bn ʾws¹(l)
25 Krbʿṯt
26 Yrbm Ys²ʿ ʿbd B[... ...]
27 Krbʿṯt
28 S¹lhm bn Yhrm
29 bs¹[... ...]
30 Krryn Yġʿṯ
31 ywm hrg |
32 Ḏmry(dʿ)
33 Krr(y)n ʾd—
34 m S¹mhʿ—
35 ly bn Krb(ʾ)l
| Apparatus |
| We deal probably with proper names up to l. 14. It is not clear from RES edition whether the lacuna is at the end of each line. | | 5, 6 | The text runs from left to right. |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Origin and provenance| Modern site | Jabal Silyām |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | al-Maslub |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Halévy 1872: 222-223, n. 615 | Halévy, Joseph 1872. Rapport sur une mission archéologique dans le Yémen. Journal Asiatique 6e série, 19: 5-98; 129-266; 489-547.
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