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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Relief
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 [... ... w-bn-hw H]wfʿṯt w-R(bb) S²ms¹m (b)nw 2 [... ... b]nyw w-hwṯrn w-hs²qrn (mḥrm) S²ms¹— 3 [-hmw bʿ](l)t (S²b)rn b-hgr-h(mw )(Ns³ftm) [b-ʿṯtr] 4 [... ... w-ʾ](lmq)h w-b [... ...] 5 [... ... b]ʿlt Yrqb w-S²(b)rn l-(ws³)f-hmw [.]— 6 [... ...]tm w-[ʾ]ml(ʾ)[ ... ...]
Apparatus 4 w-Hwb]s¹ (CIH). 4-5 w-b [ḏt Ḥmym w-ḏt Bʿdnm w-S²ms¹m (CIH). 5 S²brn was corrected in Gbrn by CIH. The goddess S²ms¹-hmw could precede the names of the sanctuaries in the lacuna. 5-6 S²[ms¹m nʿm]tm w-s²wftm w-ʾmlʾ ys¹[t]m[lʾnn b-ʿm-hw] (CIH).
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 [... ...] and his sons Hwfʿṯt and Rbb S²ms¹m descendants of
2 [... ...] constructed, laid the foundations and completed the temple of their solar deity
3 Mistress of Gbrn, in their city of Ns³ftm, by ʿṯtr
4 [... ...] ʾlmqh, and by [... ...]
5 [... ...] Mistress of Yqrb and Gbrn, and may [S²ms¹] increase them
6 [... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEProvenance Modern site Ḍāf Ancient site Ḍfw Geographical area Dhamār Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Notes Inscription reemployed at Ḍāf into the wall of the city mosque. Link to site record
Origin Modern site Yakār Ancient site Ygrn Geographical area Dhamār Country Yemen Archaeological context Religious context: Temple of S²ms¹-hmw bʿlt Gbrn Link to site record