Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Northern Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Commemorative text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb and his brother 2 Yzʾl Byn kings 3 of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, sons 4 of Frʿm Ynhb king of Sabaʾ, 5 when they made an expedition to gain security 6 with the god to the temple 7 ḏ-Yġrw. |
According to Stein, a verb "wrote" is implied. | |
5-6 | Müller: "als sie beide gezogen kamen, um eine friedliche Vereinbarung zu treffen mit dem Gott (oder: vermittels des Gottes)". |
Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: 116 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Sabäische Felsinschriften von der jemenitishen Grenze zur Rubʿ al-Ḫālī. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 113-136. |
Stein 2003 a: 208, fn. 7 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Shuḍayf |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Notes | In the text, the temple Yġrw is mentioned. |
Link to site record |
Müller, Walter W. 1978 b: 115-117, pl. V/15 | Müller, Walter W. 1978. Sabäische Felsinschriften von der jemenitishen Grenze zur Rubʿ al-Ḫālī. Neue Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik, 3: 113-136. |