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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Incision
Measure of letters 4
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary
TEXT marker
1 [... ...] w-bny-hmw bnw Gdym ʾd[m ... ...] 2 [... ... w-hq]s²bn mqbrt-hmw Ms¹k[... ...] 3 [... ...]-(h)mw w-b-rdʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw [... ...] 4 [... ...](w) bʿl Ḥdṯm w-ʿṯtr S²r(q)[n ... ...] w- 5 [... ...](w)-(n)kym w-l ʾlhb Qṣwn [... ...]
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 [... ...] and their sons, the banū Gdym, vassals of [... ...]
2 [... ...] and they restored their tomb Ms¹k[... ...]
3 [... ...] and by the help of their lords [... ...]
4 [... ...] Master of Ḥdṯm and ʿṯtr S²rqn [... ...]
5 [... ...] mischief and to ʾlhb Qṣwn [... ...].
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Riyāḍ, Museum Support type Stone inscription Material Stone Measures h. 30, w. 38, th. 11 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin Modern site Unknown Ancient site Unknown Geographical area Unknown Country Unknown Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYRyckmans, Gonzague 1953 : 274-275, pl. IRyckmans, Gonzague 1953. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Dixième série. Le Muséon , 66: 267-317. Jamme 1970 b : 121Jamme, Albert W.F. 1970. The pre-Islamic Inscriptions of the Riyâdh Museum. Oriens Antiquus , 9: 113-139.