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Gl 1724


Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: pl. XXIV

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters7.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  | Ḫlkrb bn Yhʿyfʿ ʿs¹—
   2  y w-bny Mʿwlm b-ʾlmqh |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḫlkrb, son of Yhʿyfʿ, made
   2  and built Mʿwlm. By ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance. Conjectural
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
NotesThe provenance from Ṣirwāḥ is hypothetical, see Höfner 1976: 23.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 42, pl. XXIVHöfner, Maria and Solá Solé, Josep M. 1961. Inschriften aus dem Gebiet zwischen Mārib und dem Ǧōf. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 2. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 238/3). Vienna: H. Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.