Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Measure of letters | 4.4 (l. 1-3); 4.2 (l. 4); 3.6 (l. 5) | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt and ʾlʿz, sons of Yḏkrʾl 2 of the family Ṯmd, built and completed the revetment of the irrigation canal of 3 their palmgrove Lbḫw and Gwbl; and let nobody lay claim to them both 4 in their irrigation canal and in their secondary canal, with full ownership rights; 5 by ʾlmqh. |
Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 60.1285 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 27, w. 50.4, th. 4-7 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Link to site record |
Jaussen 1926: 571 | Jaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582. |
Jamme 1952 b: 129 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137. |
Hayajneh 2002: 205-207, fig. 15 | Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222. |