DhM 201
By kind permission of GOAM
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
GENERAL NOTES
| See DhM 204 and BynM 1 with the mention of the king Ṯʾrn. |
TEXT
[... ...]
1 [....] (hf)[ʿ](lw) w-(nql) w-(brʾ) w-(g)yr(n) m(ʾgl)-hmw Yhgl mʾgl hnṭʿw (l)-[m]—
2 [s¹](q)tm l-s¹r-hmw Mrḥbm s¹r s²tʾw b-tḥt hwt mʾgln w-ġylynhyn (w)-br[ʾ]
3 ʿwdn w-Mrʾts²ʿbn b-rdʾ w-tḥrg w-ws²ʿn w-ḫmrn ʿṯtr S²rqn w-ʾl-hm[w]
4 (w)-mnḍḥt ʾbyt-hmw w-(b)-rdʾ w-tḥrg m(rʾ)[-hmw ](Ṯ)ʾrn Yhnʿm mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-b-ws²ʿn (s²)ʿ(b)-hmw ʾdhw(n)
TRANSLATIONS
| 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. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Dhamār, Regional Museum, DhM 201 |
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 18, w. 92, th. 19 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Basin Yhgl |
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