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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 6
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text
TEXT marker
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln bn 2 Mʿdkrb Yhmgd w-Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr qyl— 3 y Rdmn w-Ḫwln bqr w-hqs²b mʾtw— 4 n w-kl nqbt-hw w-ḥrt-hw s¹wn mḏrʾ— 5 m bn ʿbl l-ms¹qy ʾywn-hw ḏ-ʾḥddn
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Wtrm Yrtʿ ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, son of
2 Mʿdkrb Yhmgd and Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr, qyly
3 of Rdmn and Ḫwln, dug up and built the water conduct
4 and all its canals and its channels (or: dam?) towards the sown field
5 from ʿbl for the irrigation of his vineyards ḏ-ʾḥddn.
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance Modern site Jabal al-Khalīqa Ancient site Unknown Geographical area wādī Qanīya Country Yemen Found In situ Archaeological context Agricultural irrigation context: Canal Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYʿAbdallāh 1988 a : 148-155, photoʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1988. Milaff: mashrūʿ mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya. Al-Iklīl , 6/2: 148-155.