Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
Copy of the inscription in Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, S.E. 96. |
English | |
1 The tribe of Hrbt inhabitant of the town S³wʾ constructed and laid the foundations and completed 2 this tower Yḥḍr, which lies in front of the wall of their town Hrbt, in the West part, 3 by means of the offerings they had offered to their god ʿm ḏ-Rymtn and ḏt Rḥbn and to the 4 gods of the temple Rwyn and by the grace and at the command of their lord Wrwʾl Ġyln 5 Yhnʿm son of S²hr Ygl Yhrgb king of Qatabān. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥinū az-Zurayr |
Ancient site | Hrbt |
Geographical area | Wādī Ḥarīb |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls Tower Yḥḍr |
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