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Gl 1779
Lundin 1965: pl. XIX
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 | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Jamme refers that the inscription Gl 1779 aa doesn't exist. |
TEXT
1 ʿmkrb bn Wddʾl bn Ṣbḥrm ḏ-Ḫll
2 ywm rs²w ʿṯtr w-fdy hw bn kl ʾby—
3 t-hw w-s¹qy ʿṯtr S¹bʾ w-gwm
4 ḫrf w-dṯʾ
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʿmkrb, son of Wddʾl, ibn Ṣbḥrm, of Ḫll, 2 when he was priest of ʿṯtr and (ʿṯtr) released him from (his obligations in) all 3 His temples and ʿṯtr irrigated Sabaʾ and the community 4 during autumn and spring. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Janūbī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lundin 1965: 23-24, 36, 43, 49, pl. XIX | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |