Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Measure of letters | 8 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
2 | ʿṯtr w-Hw] (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
3 | ʾmlk S¹bʾ] (Mordtmann and Mittwoch). |
English | |
1 Mḥmym, ʿs²m and Rbns¹rm and their sons, sons of Whbm, banū [... ...] 2 laid the foundations and finished off their two houses Nʿmn and Rḥbn, the two halls [... ...] by 3 Hwbs¹, ʾlmqh, and by the favour of their patron Wdm ḏ-S¹mʿn and S²ʿbn [... ...]- 4 ʿbl, and by ḏt Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdnm and by their lords [... ...] |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | w. 135 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shuʿūb |
Ancient site | S²ʿbm |
Geographical area | Ṣanʿāʾ |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wdm ḏ-S¹mʿn w-S²ʿbm |
Notes | For the ancient site, see Robin 1982 a: i, 49. |
Link to site record |
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 172-174 (photo) | Mordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter. |