Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 Wqhʾl son of ʾlyfʿ, king 2 of Maʿīn, dedicated to Wd 3 ḏ-Ms¹mʿm. |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Top | Concave |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Qiblī - Samsara |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Wd ḏ-Ms¹mʿm |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 1982 a: 104-105, pl. 37/b | Müller, Walter W. 1982. Die Inschriften vom Tempel des Waddum ḏū-Masma'im. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 101-106. |
Rossi 2022: 375 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |