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Inabbaʾ 1
Robin 1992 a: pl. 3/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 10 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| We cannot say whether the text is Ancient Sabaic or Minaic. |
TEXT
1 Wqhʾl Yfs² bn S¹mhyṯʿ↯ mlk ʾnbʾ bny Yġl
| ʾnbʾ could also be the name of the site. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Wqhʾl Yfs² son of S¹mhyṯʿ, king of Inabbaʾ, built Yġl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 127 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Inabbaʾ |
| Ancient site | ʾnbʾ |
| Geographical area | Jawf - Wādī Madhab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1992 a: 5-6, pls 2/b, 3/a | Robin, Christian J. 1992. Inabbaʾ, Haram, al-Kāfir, Kamna et al-Ḥarāshif. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 1. Paris: de Boccard / Rome: Herder. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres; Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente] |
| Rossi 2022: 377, 494, fig. 73 | Rossi, Irene 2022. The city-states of the Jawf at the dawn of Ancient South Arabian history (8th-6th centuries BCE). II. Corpus of the inscriptions. (Arabia Antica, 17/2). Roma: «L'Erma» di Bretschneider. |