Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3.3 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 [Ġ]wṯʾl son of Ṣbyḥ ḏ-S¹yl and Whbʾl son of Fʾr ḏ-H[b]rr 2 were in charge for their lord ʾlyfʿ Ys²r, king of Maʿīn, for all the construction 3 of the repairing done in the two divisors (?) of ḏ-Bḥrn and the two irrigated fields of ḏ-Ḥẓwt, at the time of 4 ʾlyfʿ Ys²r and of his son Hwfʿṯt, kings of Maʿīn. |
Robin 1988 a: 101 | Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 27, w. 90 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Malāḥāʾ |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Barāqish |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
Link to site record |
Robin 1988 a: 101-102, pl. 4 | Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114. |