Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 Lḥyʿm, son of ʾbʾns¹, of the family ʾlm, and ʿbdʾl, son of Hnʾm, [... ...] 2 directed and supervised and realized the cutting (of stones) and the construction of the tower Brm from 3 foundation to top for their lord Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn son of S²hr; by ʿṯ- 4 tr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm and by ʿm ḏ-S²qr 5 and by Ḥwkm and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by ḏt Rḥb- 6 n and by their lord Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn son of S²hr king of Qatabān. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls Tower Brm |
Link to site record |
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/b | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
Bron 1992: 105-106, photo | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |