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RES 2720 CIH 630


Höfner 1976: pl. IV/1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4.3
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  w-S¹ʿdṯwn bny S¹ʿdʾl w-N[...]
   2  ḏ-Brʾn bnyy w-hwṯrn w-hs²q[rn]
   3  mḥfd-hmw Hrgb b-ʿly [hg]—
   4  r-hmw w-ʾrḍ-hmw Tbʿm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...]
   2  and S¹ʿdṯwn sons of S¹ʿdʾl and N[...]
   3  of Brʾn constructed, laid the foundations and completed
   4  their tower Hrgb upon their
   5  city and their land Tbʿm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1976: 12-14, pl. VI/1Höfner, Maria 1976. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (II Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 12. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 304/5). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.