Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
1-2 | S²rfn (CIH). |
English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ ʾs²wʿ and his son ʾḥs³s³ ʾs¹ʿd and the son of the latter Mrṯdʾln, banū S²- 2 rqn, Ḏqṭwtn and Ns²ʾn of S³yrm, princes and governors of the tribe Rdmn ḏu-S¹lfn, 3 constructed and completed the entrance-hall (?), the hall, the courtyard (or: upper rooms) and covered structure (?) of their palace Nʿmn, 4 and concerning their palace Nʿmn, they repaired, covered, realized the courtyard (or: the upper rooms) and finished off the completion and the work of the whole structure properly. |
Deposit | Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, 7506 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 33, w. 136 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Taʿizz |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Taʿizz |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house |
Link to site record |
Rhodokanakis 1936: 48-53, 60-67 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76. |