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Ja 1818 Van Lessen 21; Shirjān 20
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Ja 1816-Ja 1819 are connected to each other. ʾltbʿ ʾls²r is the author of Ja 1816, Ja 1818, Ja 1819 and is quoted in Ja 1817, 5. Without readable photos the period is hypothetical. |
TEXT
1 ʾltbʿ ʾls²r bn Mrṯdʾln ʾs²wʿ bny Hṣb—
2 ḥ w-Yʿlf w-Yqʾmwt brʾw w-hwṯrn m—
3 ʾgly-hmw Ylgb w-mʾgl-hmw ḏ-tḥt-hw Yhlgb
| 1 | ʾls²r: H. von Wissmann reads ʾgs²r. |
| 3 | Yʿlf: H. von Wissmann reads Yʿgf. |
TRANSLATIONS
| French | |
1 ʾIltabaʿ ʾIlšûr, fils de Marṯadʾilân ʾAšwaʿ, les deux descendants de Haṣb- 2 aḥ et ʿYalif et Yaqiʾmawt, ont construit et fondé 3 leurs deux réservoirs Yalgab et leur réservoir, qui [est] sous lui, Yuhalgab. |
| Jamme 1971 b: 83 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Wall |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Ghunaymiyya |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Wādī Shirjān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Cistern Ylgb, Yhlgb |
| Notes | The text is engraved on a large stone of the wall connecting two sections of the mountain. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1971 b: 83-84 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed] |
| Wissmann 1968: 79 | 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. |
| al-Ghūl 1959 b: 427 | al-Ghūl, Maḥmūd ʿA. 1959. New Qatabāni Inscriptions - II. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 22: 419-438. |