Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
Ja 1816-Ja 1819 are connected to each other. ʾltbʿ ʾls²r is the author of Ja 1816, Ja 1818, Ja 1819 and is quoted in Ja 1817, 5. Without readable photos the period is hypothetical. |
1 | ʾls²r: H. von Wissmann reads ʾgs²r. |
3 | Yʿlf: H. von Wissmann reads Yʿgf. |
French | |
1 ʾIltabaʿ ʾIlšûr, fils de Marṯadʾilân ʾAšwaʿ, les deux descendants de Haṣb- 2 aḥ et ʿYalif et Yaqiʾmawt, ont construit et fondé 3 leurs deux réservoirs Yalgab et leur réservoir, qui [est] sous lui, Yuhalgab. |
Jamme 1971 b: 83 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Wall |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Ghunaymiyya |
Ancient site | unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Shirjān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Cistern Ylgb, Yhlgb |
Notes | The text is engraved on a large stone of the wall connecting two sections of the mountain. |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1971 b: 83-84 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Wissmann 1968: 79 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |
al-Ghūl 1959 b: 427 | al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438. |