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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Writing technique Relief
Measure of letters 9
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary
GENERAL NOTES
The text is not clearly readable on the picture as the stone is much eroded. Chronologically it is dated at period C on the basis of b-rdʾ formula.
TEXT marker
1 [... ...]bn-hw L(ḥ)↯[yʿ]ṯt w-Hwfʿṯt w-Yrtʿ 2 [... ...]mw Y(s²)r(ḥ)ʾl [...]↯(w) bnw Ḥgrm byt-hm(w) 3 [... ...] b-rdʾ ʾly-hmw [ʿ]↯(ṯ)tr (ḏ)-Yf(ʿ) w-ʾs¹ʾ(y)
Apparatus Only few letters should be missing on the right edge of the stone.
TRANSLATIONSEnglish 1 [... ...] and his sons Lḥyʿṯt, Hwfʿṯt and Yrtʿ
2 [... ...] .. Ys²rḥʾl [entrusted ?] the banū Ḥgrm their house
3 [... ...] by the help of their two gods ʿṯtr ḏ-Yfʿ and ʾs¹ʾy.
OBJECT INFORMATIONDeposit Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 186 Support type Inscription on architectural structure Material Stone Measures h. 36, w. 134, th. 28 Link to object record
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEOrigin and provenance Modern site Unknown Ancient site Unknown Geographical area Dhamār Country Yemen Archaeological context Urban context: Private house Link to site record