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 | Legal text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 Krbʾl Byn son of Yṯʿʾmr decreed for Gʾzn and Ḫlb 2 and Ns²n and Mwr that it should not be issued in the territory of Ṣyḥn the tribute that 3 Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ levied on them, and (should not be valid) the decree he issued for them, as he wrote in the inscription 4 which he placed in the temple of ʾlmqh in Ṣyḥn in the month of ḏ-S¹ḥr, during the priesthood of 5 ʾbkrb son of Wddʾl son of ʾlqwm; and a copy of this document (is) in 6 Ḥḍr. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Wāqir |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Central Tihāma |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
Link to site record |
ʿAbdallāh 2004: 2-6 (photo and facsimile) | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 2004. Naqš al-Wāqir, naqš ǧadīd min al-ʿaṣr al-sabaʾī al-qadīm. al-Musnad, 2: 2-6. |