Language | Ancient South Arabian » Qatabanic » Central Qatabanic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
3 | maybe there is a letter before ʿrbm (RES). |
English | |
1 S²rḥʿṯt, son of ʿbdʾl, of the family Tnzbn, 2 dedicated and supervised and realized all the cutting (of stones) and the construc- 3 tion of the tower ʿrbm and its glacises from 4 foundation to top for his lord S²hr Ġyln; 5 by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ʿm ḏ-Ys¹r- 6 m and by ʿm ḏ-S²qr and by Ḥwkm and by ḏt Ṣntm 7 and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by ḏt Rḥbn and by his lord 8 S²hr Ġyln son of ʾbs²bm and his son Bʿm 9 king of Qatabān. |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī al-Jūba |
Country | Yemen |
Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls Tower ʿrbm |
Link to site record |
Wissmann 1968: 111 | 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. |