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YMN 3
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 Lḥyʿṯt Yrḫm bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwl—
2 n qyl Rdmn w-Ḫwln bn Whbʾl
3 Yḥz bqr w-hfʿl mṭr-hw Wtdm
4 w-kl mʾtt-hw w-nqbt-hw w-ḥrt-hw
5 w-gnʾt-hw b-fnw hgr-hw Wʿln
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt Yrḫm ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, 2 qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln, son of Whbʾl 3 Yḥz, dug up and worked his field Wtdm 4 and all its conduts, its canals, its channels (or: dam?) 5 and its walls in front of his city Wʿln. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Miʿsāl |
| Ancient site | Wʿln |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 54-55, 68 (upper photos) | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75. |