Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Royal inscription | Yes |
2 | in Hayajneh's transcription there is a w after the verb bny which is untenable and is perhaps due to an oversight. |
English | |
1 Hwfʿm Yhnʿm son of S¹mhwtr mukarrib of Qatabān and of the children of ʿm built the tower 2 Brm, by ʿṯtr, ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm, ʾnby, ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Tower Brm |
Link to site record |
Wissmann 1968: 102, fig. 11 | Wissmann, Hermann von 1968. Zur Archäologie und antiken Geographie von Südarabien. Ḥaḍramaut, Qatabān und das ʿAden-Gebiet in der Antike. (Uitgaven van het, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 24). Istanbul: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. |
Hayajneh 2004 a: 137, fig. 41 | Hayajneh, Hani 2004. Eine Sammlung von fragmentarischen altsüdarabischen Inschriften aus dem Jemen. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 15/1: 120-148. |