Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 5.5 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
English | |
1 Wrwʾl Ġyln Yhnʿm, son of S²hr Ygl Yh- 2 rgb, king of Qatabān, set up a stela for ʿṯtr and ʿm and S²ms¹ 3 on the citadel ʾbltm, as they ordered in their oracle. |
Support type | Rock inscription |
Measures | h. 17.5, w. 64 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Lukhayḍir |
Ancient site | ʾbltm |
Geographical area | Wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Arbach et al. 2001: 72-73, figs 46-47 | Arbach, Mounir, Avanzini, Alessandra, Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Robin, Christian J. 2001. Matériaux pour le corpus des inscriptions qatabānites (II). Raydān, 7: 43-101. |