Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Incision | ||||
Chronology |
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2-3 | Kwkbn and Ys¹rn could be names of houses. |
English | |
1 Mrṯdm ʾqrb and his brother Mrṯdʾln ʾ- 2 s²wʿ, those of Qhlm and Ṣdqʾl, governor of Kw- 3 kbn and Ys¹rn were in charge and built for their lord 4 S¹ʿdm Yhs¹kr and his sons 5 ʾs¹ʿd Yzd, Nmrn ʾwkn, Mʿdkrb 6 Ymgd banū Hṣbḥ and Yʿgf ʾqwl of 7 Maḍḥī with the completion that they finished off [... ...] 8 and their plantation Nʿmn [... ...] 9 [...] the month Mḏrʾn 10 in the year three 11 hundred forty- 12 five. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Shirjān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Link to site record |
Doe 1964: 7, figs 6-7 | Doe, D. Brian 1964. The Wadi Shirjān. Antiquities. Bulletin, 4: 1-3; 5 pages without number. [Appendix to the Department of Antiquities Report, 1961-1963. Aden] |
Wissmann 1968: 82 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |
Jamme 1971 b: 89-91, pl. 7 (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A206497#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 46-47 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |