Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
Writing technique | Incision | ||||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [... ...] they gave authority in the house of Raydān, one [... ...] Ẓfr and the leaders, the ʾqwl, the chiefs, the troops, and the tribes [... ...] 2 [... ...] and complited the wall, the staircases, the gate, the graves of the [city of Ẓfr ... ...] the towers and the wall which stay in the access way of the city of Ẓfr [... ...] he of the troops [... ...] 3 [... ...] (in the year) three hundred forty-seven of the year of [Mbḥḍ, son of ʾ]bḥḍ and they erected, built and repaired [... ...]Ẓfr in taking possession of the houses [... ...] 4 [... ...] and staircases, gate, graves, towers of the access way of the city of Ẓfr [... ...] the two months ḏ-Mḏrʾnyn and ḏ-Ḫrfny[n ... ... Mb]ḥḍ, son of ʾbḥḍ. With the help [... ...] 5 [... ...] their two gods Wgl and S¹mydʿ and the lady of the tribe ḏt[... ...] the lady of Mʿṣbt and S²ms¹ [... ...] and their gods and the solar deities[... ...] 6 [... ...] by the community of the gods, the troops and the tribes of the banū ḏu-Raydān [... ...]Ẓfr for their Lord ʿṯtr S²rqn [... ...]. |
Deposit | Ẓafār, Museum |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-ʿUwār |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Ẓafār |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 24 | Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |