Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Measure of letters | 9 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text |
English | |
1 ʾbrṯd, she of the family Zwrm, descendant of the family Ṯgrm, built 2 and completed the tower Yfʿm and the tomb Rbḫ with the help 3 of her husband ʾzbr and his sons of the family Zwrm. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Alabaster |
Measures | h. 34.5, w. 107 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Rātiḥ |
Ancient site | unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Sirr |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Link to site record |
Stiegner 1981 a: 327-330, figs 2, 3 | Stiegner, Roswitha G. 1981. Altsüdarabische Fragmente. Wādī al-Sirr (N-Jemen) 1978. Pages 325-338 in Roswitha G. Stiegner (ed.). al-Hudhud. Festschrift Maria Höfner zum 80. Geburtstag. Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität. |