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 Mʿdkrb ʾs²wʿ descendant of Ḍrn, 2 Gmln and ʾḥrm, governor of the tribe Mḍ- 3 ḥym, son of ʾbydʿ, 4 directed the extraction of the marble for the king's palace H- 5 rgb, by the help of ʾln Master of heaven, in the month 6 Ṣyd of the year three hundred 7 eighty-eight. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Measures | h. 68, 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. 1 | al-Aġbarī, Fahmī 2013. Nuqūš sabaʾiyya ǧadīda taḥtawī ʿalāʾ aqdam naqš tawḥīdī muʾarraḫ. Raydān, 8: 167-183. |