Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 8 (first part); 8 (second part) | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
English | |
1 [... ...] son of ʿmydʿ, 2 ibn Qdrn dedicated to ḏ- 3 t Ḥmym Yʾws¹ʾl. 4 By ʿṯtr and ʾlmq- 5 qh and by ḏt Ḥmy- 6 m and by ḏt Bʿdn 7 and by S¹mʿ and by Ydʿ- 8 ʾl and by Yṯʿʾmr 9 and by Ktlm. |
Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 125161=1871,1113.7+1872,0619.4 |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 43, w. 39, th. 5.5 (first part); h. 38, w. 39, th. 5.5 (second part) |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
Ancient site | Ktlm |
Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |