Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 6.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 ʾbydʿ Yws²ʿ, he of Ḍrn, Gmln 2 and ʾḥrm, administrator of Dtnt, directed the covering, 3 that with polished stones, for the cladding 4 of the basins, for the satisfaction of their lords S¹ʿdm 5 Yhs¹kr and his sons, those of the clan Hṣ- 6 bḥ, and may ʾln Master of heaven help them. |
2-4 | "the extraction of the carved panels for the cladding docks of the basins" (the editor). "pour l'enduit des bassins pour la satisfaction de leurs seigneurs" (Robin). |
3 | According to A. Avanzini, ṣhrm can be interpreted as a Qatabanic masdar form. |
al-Aġbarī 2013: 174 | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda taḥtawī ʿalāʾ aqdam naqš tawḥīdī muʾarraḫ. Raydān, 8: 167-183. |
Robin 2005-2006 a: 50 | Robin, Christian J. 2005-2006. Les banū Haṣbaḥ, princes de la commune de Maḍḥām. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 31-110. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Measures | h. 43, w. 70 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḍayq Buraʿ al-Aʿlā |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Wādī Buraʿ |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Link to site record |
Robin 2005-2006 a | Robin, Christian J. 2005-2006. Les banū Haṣbaḥ, princes de la commune de Maḍḥām. Arabia. Revue de Sabéologie, 3: 31-110. |
al-Aġbarī 2013: 174, fig. 2 | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda taḥtawī ʿalāʾ aqdam naqš tawḥīdī muʾarraḫ. Raydān, 8: 167-183. |