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ʿAbadān 2


Robin and Gajda 1994: pl. 55

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyCommemorative text

TEXT

marker


   1  w-kt(b) ḏn m—
   2  s³ndn ʾlzʾd
   3  grbyn bn Yḥḍb

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  And wrote this
   2  inscription ʾzʾd,
   3  the stonemason, son of Yḥḍb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteʿAbadān
Ancient siteʿbdn
Geographical areaNiṣāb
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin and Gajda 1994: 129-130, pl. 55Robin, Christian J. and Gajda, Iwona 1994. L'inscription du Wādī ʿAbadān. Raydān, 6: 113-137.
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 55Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.