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YMN 4
al-Hayyāl, ʿU. ʿA, 2021
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 | ||
| Measure of letters | 14 | ||
| 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 w-hqḥ w-hnb—
4 ṭ mṭr-hw Ts¹dd w-kl mʾtt-h—
5 w w-ḥrt-hw w-gnʾt-
6 hw b-fnw hgr-hw Wʿln Tʾzl
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt Yrḫm ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, 2 qyl of Rdmn and Ḫwln, son of Whbʾl 3 Yḥz, dug up, worked, completed and excavated 4 his field Ts¹dd, and all its conduts, 5 its canals, its channels (or: dam?) and its walls 6 in front of his city Wʿln Tʾzl. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Dimensions | h. 125, w. 49 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Miʿsāl |
| Ancient site | Wʿln |
| Geographical area | al-Bayḍāʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| ʿAbdallāh 1979 a: 55-57, 69 (upper photo) | ʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1979. Mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya al-qadīma. Dirāsāt Yamaniyya, 2: 47-75. |