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Gl 1636
Höfner 1973: pl. X/1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 Ḥmym ʿb—
2 d bn Zʿ—
3 mm grb—
4 yn hqn—
5 y ʾlmq—
6 h nfs¹-h—
7 w w-mhr—
8 t-hw b-m(r)—
9 ʾ-hw S¹mh—
10 [ʿly ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ḥmym, servant 2 of the banū Zʿ ‒ 3 mm, the stone- 4 mason, dedicated to 5 ʾlmqh 6 his life 7 and his possessions, 8 by his lord 9 S¹mh- 10 ʿly [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1973: 52-53, pl. X/1 | Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |