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 |
English | |
1 ʿlhn Nhfn, ibn Btʿ and Hamdān repaired, restored (?) 2 and levelled their basin Ḏhbm (for) the irrigation of their valley 3 [..]ym, since the basin had been damaged during 4 the years; by ʿṯtr, Tʾlb Rymm, their solar deity 5 Mistress of Mrḫmm, through the prosperity and resources 6 of their tribe Ḥs²dm. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥūth |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | Ḥūth |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Basin |
Link to site record |
Bron 1992: 48-49 (photo) | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |