Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
According to Robin, the text dates back to the 2nd-1st c. BC. |
English | |
1 Bnʾl, ʾls²rḥ and their sons Rymm 2 and ʾlrm, of the family S¹ḫym, complited the 3 control dyke Ġyl in their valley ʾs²rʿ. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Sidd ʿĀmir |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
Link to site record |
Robin 1988 a: 104, pl. 8 | Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114. |
Frantsouzoff 2016: 152-153, pl. 63 a-b | Frantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux] |