INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet Ancient South Arabian
Script typology Monumental writing
Measure of letters 4.5
Chronology
Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary
GENERAL NOTES
In this inscription ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb could be mentioned as a leader before his accession to the kingship.
TEXT marker
[... ...] 1 [ʾ](l)s²rḥ (ʾ)k(br)w [... ...]— 2 lm qṭ(ṭ)[ ... ...] 3 (|)mʿs¹ʾ w-m[... ...] 4 [m]qbrtm( )[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION ORIGIN AND PROVENANCEProvenance Modern site Shibām-Kawkabān Ancient site S²bm Geographical area al-Maḥwīt Country Yemen Link to site record
BIBLIOGRAPHYTschinkowitz 1969 : 10-11Tschinkowitz, Helga 1969. Kleine Fragmente . Sammlung Eduard Glaser . 6. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 261/4). Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission.