Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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1 | Lḥyṯt is written without "ʿ" (Lḥyʿṯt) as usual in South-Arabic. |
1-2 | Garbini points out that the ending -n of the proper name Ġlftn suggests that it is originated as an appellative, probably with the meaning of "uncircumcised". |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shiʿb al-ʿAql |
Ancient site | Dnm (?) / ʾrydy (?) |
Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Link to site record |
Garbini 1988: 25, pl. 40/a | Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO. |
Jamme 1989: 65-66 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |