Language | Ancient South Arabian » Minaic » Central Minaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 3.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 ʿmydʿ son of Wʾl, of (the family) 2 Ẓyrn, (the two) of the congregation of ʿṯtr ḏ- 3 Yhrq, and S²ryḥ, son of 4 Ġwṯʾl, of (the family) S²yd, priest of 5 ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq, and S¹mʿ son 6 of S²ryḥ, of (the family) Hbrr, 7 have been appointed for ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq to the 8 building and the restoration of the portico of ʿṯtr 9 ḏ-Yhrq, at the time of 10 ʾbkrb Ṣdq son of 11 Wqhʾl king of Maʿīn. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
Material | Stone |
Measures | w. 23.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa |
Ancient site | Yhrq (?) |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Found | In situ |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Yhrq |
Link to site record |
Gnoli 1993: 75-78, pl. 8/a | Gnoli, Gherardo 1993. Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa. Con diciotto tavole fuori testo. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 2. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |