Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
The inscription corresponds to Gl 1523, ll.1-7, although with a different distribution of the text among the lines. |
English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt and 2 Hlkʾmr, sons 3 of ʿmʿhr, son 4 of Ḥywm, priests 5 of ʾlmqh, 6 ḏt Ḥmym, 7 S¹mʿ ḏ-Ẓb‒ 8 yt and ʿṯtr‒ 9 s¹mʿ, dedicated 10 to S¹mʿḏ-Ẓbyt 11 ʿmḏrʾ, their 12 children and their 13 properties. |
Deposit | Jeddah, Unknown (Private collection) |
Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Jidfir ibn Munaykhir |
Ancient site | Khlm |
Geographical area | Southern Jawf |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Garbini 1976: 294-296, pl. I/a | Garbini, Giovanni 1976. Iscrizioni sudarabiche. Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 36/2: 293-315. |