Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Commemorative text |
Bāfaqīh edited the text as Kortler 4. Inscription dated on the basis of Kortler 4 (see Cultural notes). |
1 | Müller emendated the reading Ywbʾl on the facsimile. |
4 | bny (Bāfaqīh). |
English | |
1 Yʾws¹ʾl son of S²mnr, 2 when he was in the service of his lord Ġ— 3 s²nm bn Gnyt, 4 when he built the two wells 5 of his god. |
Robin 2010 a: 365 | Robin, Christian J. 2010. Ḥimyarite Kings on Coinage. Pages 357-381 in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds). Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in Ancient Arabian Monetization. New York: American Numismatic Society / New York: Oxford: Oxbow. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: 127-129, pl. VII/19 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Sabäische Felsinschriften von der jemenitishen Grenze zur Rubʿ al-Ḫālī. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 113-136. |
Bāfaqīh 2001 a: 61-62 | Bāfaqīh, Muḥammad ʿA. 2001. Ḏū Samāwī wa-abʿād ḥarami-hi fī Šuḍayf. Raydān, 7: 55-65. |
Robin 2010 a: 365 | Robin, Christian J. 2010. Ḥimyarite Kings on Coinage. Pages 357-381 in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds). Coinage of the Caravan Kingdoms. Studies in Ancient Arabian Monetization. New York: American Numismatic Society / New York: Oxford: Oxbow. |