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Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text
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1 Wtrm Yrtʿ bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫw— 2 ln bqr w-brʾ w-hqs²b w- 3 hqḥ bʾr-hw Nhrm b-s¹r-hw Mw— 4 hrn b-ʾḫr ms¹knt Rdmn
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 Wtrm Yrtʿ ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln
2 dug out, constructed, built and
3 completed his well Nhrm, in his valley
4 Mwhrn, in ʾḫr, the residence of Rdmn.
4 ʾḫr could be a noun: "ïn the last part of the land of Radmān".
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site wādī Khir Ancient site Unknown Geographical area wādī Bayḥān Country Yemen Archaeological context Agricultural irrigation context: Well Notes According to Bāfaqīh, the valley of Mwhrn mentioned in the inscription is located in the upper valley of ʾḫr (modern Ḫir). ʾḫr opposed to Brm is the name of a part of the wādī Bayḥān in Ja 2361. Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYBāfaqīh 1994 a : 11-13, fig. 1/bBāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 1994. Nuqūš wa-dalālāt. Raydān , 6: 6-26. [Arabic section]