Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
See DhM 204 and BynM 1 with the mention of the king Ṯʾrn. |
English | |
[... ...] 1 [....] made, excavated, constructed and plastered their tank Yhgl, the tank they raised for the 2 irrigation of their valley Mrḥbm, the valley they created below this tank and these two canals, and they constructed 3 ʿwdn and Mrʾts²ʿbn by the help, command, favour and support of ʿṯtr S²rqn and their god 4 and the tutelary deity of their houses, and by the help and the command of their lord Ṯʾrn Yhnʿm king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and by the favour of their tribe ʾdhwn. |
Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 201 |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 18, w. 92, th. 19 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Unknown |
Country | Unknown |
Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Basin Yhgl |
Link to site record |