Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 8 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 Ḥḍrs¹mʿ son of ʿmw‒ 2 tr built for ʾlmqh the 3 lower room Ys²hr; by ʿṯtr. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 9, w. 50 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥuṣn Āl Ṣāliḥ (surroundings) |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Barāqish |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The stone has been found in the wall of a house built on an ancient sluice gate, north of the village of Ḥuṣn Āl Ṣāliḥ (five kilometers S-S-W of Baraqish); then it has been reemployed in a private house in Malāḥā. |
Link to site record |
Robin 1987 a: 171-172, pl. 4/b | Robin, Christian J. 1987. Trois inscriptions sabéennes découvertes près de Barāqish (République Arabe du Yemen). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 17: 165-177. |