Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 13 (l.1) | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 Wtrm Yrtʿ and Lḥyʿt Bryn, banū Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, qylw 2 of Rdmn and Ḫwln built, excavated and dug the whole dam, the channels and 3 the digging which bring up the waters of the torrent ḏ-Lfgn for their valley S¹r- 4 ʿm; by the help of ʿtr S²rqn, ʿm ḏ-Mbrqm, ʿm ḏ-Dwnm, ʾm 5 ʾlm, ḏt Bʿdn, ḏt Ẓhrn and their solar deity ʿlyt, and by the 6 help of their lord ʿmdn Byn Yhqbḍ, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān. |
Beeston et al.(146) attests the use of the verb ṣyḥ, translated with "lay out plantations". On the verb yʿlwn see the note in MAFRAY-ḏī-Ḥadīd 2. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Measures | h. 82, w. 176 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | al-Miʿsāl |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
Link to site record |
Robin 1991: 173-174, figs 11-12 | Robin, Christian J. 1991. ʿAmdān Bayyin Yuhaqbid, roi de Sabaʾ et de dū-Raydān. Pages 167-205 in Études sud-arabes. Recueil offert à Jacques Ryckmans. (Publications de l'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, 39). Louvain-La-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste. |