RES 3096 C CIH 490
Wissmann 1982: 317, fig. 98
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Yṯʿʾmr Wtr mlk
2 S¹bʾ bn Ydʿʾl [Ḏ]—
3 rḥ hḥdṯ l-Hbs¹
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṯʿʾmr Wtr, king of 2 Sabaʾ, son of Ydʿʾl Ḏ‒ 3 rḥ, restored for Hbs¹. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ad-Dābir |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Hbs¹ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Hommel 1926: 674 | Hommel, Fritz 1926. Ethnologie und Geographie des alten Orients. Iwan von Müller, Walter Otto and Hermann Bengtson (eds), Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft. 3.1.1. Munich: C.H. Beck. |
| Wissmann 1982: 316-319, fig. 98 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |