Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 4.8 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 ʿqrbm son of Ṯwybm ḏ-Mhṣnʿm and of S³wyʿm constructed and 2 laid the foundation of his lower room Yrs³ and of all of its upper rooms all in its entirety, according to the orders of 3 ʾnby; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by Wrfw and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt 4 Ẓhrn and by his lord S²hr Ygl Yhrgb king of Qatabān. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 37.7, w. 78 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Hajar Kuḥlān |
Ancient site | Tmnʿ |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Yrs³ |
Notes | The inscription has been found near the southern gate. |
Link to site record |
Jamme 1958 b: 190-191, pl. 119 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958. Inscriptions Related to the House Yafash in Timnaʿ. Pages 183-198 in Richard LeBaron Bowen and Frank P. Albright (eds). Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia. With foreword by Wendell Phillips. (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |