al-Salami 2011: 192, fig. 10
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Measure of letters | 5 |
Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]n w-s²ʿbn
2 [... ...] (b)tn w-kb
3 [... ...] mḥgrt|
4 [... ...] ḏ-ḫmr
5 [... ...]nẓr Rḥmn[n]
TRANSLATIONS
English | |
1 [... ...] and the tribe
2 [... ...]
3 [... ...] reserved land (?)
4 [... ...] He who granted
5 [... ...] the protection of Rḥmnn.
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5 | nẓr in late Sabaic means "members of a group, adherents", but here the translation of Al-Salami "protection" seems preferable. |
al-Salami 2011: 30-31 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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OBJECT INFORMATION
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
ProvenanceModern site | Jabal al-Lawz |
Ancient site | unknown |
Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
Country | Yemen |
Notes | The stone was reemployed in the construction of a house of the village Bayt as-Salāmī. |
Link to site record | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
al-Salami 2011: 30-31, fig. 10 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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