Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Awsanite | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 15 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 Ḏkrʾl Lḥyn 2 son of ʿmkrb 3 mukarrib of Awsan 4 father of Mrtʿm 5 and ʾbyṯʿ 6 built (so to gain legal possession) Rḥbn 7 by ʿṯtr and Blw. |
Avanzini 2004 a: 539 | Avanzini, Alessandra 2004. Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions I-III. Qatabanic, Marginal Qatabanic, Awsanite Inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 2). Pisa: Edizioni Plus-Università di Pisa. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Measures | h. 304, w. 83 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Niṣāb (Surroundings) |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī ʿAbadān |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
al-Saqqāf, Ḥamūd M. 1994: 111-120, photos | al-Saqqāf, Ḥamūd M. 1994. Awwal naqš yaḏkuru mukarrib Awsān. Raydān, 6: 111-120. [Arabic section] |