Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [...] member of (the clan) Btʿ, has laid the foundations and [...] |
Rijziger 2018: 136 | Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Ḥāz |
Ancient site | Ḥzym |
Geographical area | Hamdān |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Notes | This stone, reused in a wall, was probably cut to fit the curve of a window. |
Link to site record |
Rijziger 2018: 136-137, fig. 5 | Rijziger, Sarah 2018. Sabaean inscriptions from Ḥāz, Yemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 29/2: 135-171. 2019/10/02; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aae.12111. |