Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
4 | First mention of the lineage name ḏ-Ṯly. |
English | |
1 [...] 2 [son of] S²rḥṯt 3 and his sons, descendants 4 of ḏ-Ṯly, 5 have dug out [the] hill 6 [...] |
Rijziger 2017 a: 70-71 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Thulā |
Ancient site | Ṯly |
Geographical area | Shibām-Kawkabān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | The stone inscription is reused in a mosque of the village of Thulā. |
Link to site record |
Rijziger 2017 a: 70-71, fig. 6 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1. |