ʿIryāb 1
Maraqten 2017: 124, fig. 8
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| 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 |
TEXT
1 Ġlbm Ylhb bn Dws¹—
2 m bn Qs³mm bny w-s¹—
3 ʿs²q kl mbrʾ w-ʿs²q
4 fnwt nḫl-s¹ Lhgn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ġālibun Yalhub son of Dawsum 2 of the clan Qassāmum constructed 3 and completed the whole irrigation work and the construction. 4 The distributary canal for the irrigation of his palm grove Lahgān. |
| Maraqten 2017: 124 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2017. Typology of irrigation systems in ancient Yemen in the light of the epigraphic evidence. Pages 115-135 in Walid Yasin al-Tikriti and Paul Alan Yule (eds). Proceedings of water and life in Arabia. Conference 14th - 16th December, 2014. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar am-Dhaybiyya |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Ḍura |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: ʾ |
| Notes | The inscription was discovered in Wādī Ḍura, in ʿIryāb near Umm Marjala. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Maraqten 2017: 124, fig. 9 | Maraqten, Mohammed 2017. Typology of irrigation systems in ancient Yemen in the light of the epigraphic evidence. Pages 115-135 in Walid Yasin al-Tikriti and Paul Alan Yule (eds). Proceedings of water and life in Arabia. Conference 14th - 16th December, 2014. Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority. |