Bātāyiʿ-Bāʿalyān 2016-2
Bāṭāyiʿ and Bāʿalyān 2016: 10
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| It is hypothetical that the inscription is Central Middle Sabaic. |
TEXT
1 ʾls²rḥ w-Lʿzm w-ʾḫ-
2 hmw bnw Kr—
3 bm hnklw w-qyḥn k—
4 l nkl w-mqḥ krf-hmw
| 2 | Between the b and the n of bn the formula Wd ʾb is inserted. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ and Lʿzm and 2 their brother, of the family Krbm, 3 finished off and plastered all 4 the water-channel and the plastering of their cistern. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, Military Museum, without number |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 35 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ and Bāʿalyān 2016: 10, fig. 2 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Bāʿalyān, Muḥammad ʿAwaḍ Manṣūr 2016 (1437). Nuqūsh jadīda mina al-Matḥaf al-ʿAskarī fī ʿAdan. Adūmātū, 34: 7-16. |