Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 7 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 S¹ʿdʾwm ʾyhr and his 2 sons Whbʾwm and Whbʿṯtr, 3 of the family Mʾns¹m constructed and 4 restored their mnẓr and their threshing floor 5 Yfḍ, and they entrusted their mẓll 6 to ʿṯtr and S¹mʿ against any mischievous person and anyone causing damage. |
4 | ṣyḥn: "...nom d'action de schème fʿln: comparer par exemple avec ḥdṯn dans MAFRAY-as-Šaqab 1, 8. Le sens de 'niveler' se dégage de la comparaison des contextes: voir en particulier Ja 821 A, 3 ou RES 4085, 2..."; "leur mnẓr, et le nivellement de leur aire à battre" (Robin). For mnẓr, see Robin-al-Ḫadara 4, 3. |
4, 5 | grn: attested in Ja 514 too. It is comparable with the Arab ǧurn, Ethiopic gwǝrn, Hebraic goren (Robin). |
Robin 1982 a: ii, 81 | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 49, w. 65 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Khadara |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | ʿAmrān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | Reemployed in a house, near the school of al-Ḫadara. |
Link to site record |
Modern site | Madīnat al-Ziyal |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Jabal ʿIyāl Yazīd |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | : mnẓr |
Link to site record |
Robin 1982 a: ii, 80-82, pl. 50/a | Robin, Christian J. 1982. Les hautes-terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam. (2 vols), (Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul, 50). Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaelogisch Instituut te Istanbul. |