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YMN 14


ʿAbdallāh 1988 a: 153

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

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   1  Wtrm Yrtʿ bn Mʿhr w-ḏ-Ḫwln bn
   2  Mʿdkrb Yhmgd w-Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr qyl—
   3  y Rdmn w-Ḫwln bqr w-hqs²b mʾtw—
   4  n w-kl nqbt-hw w-ḥrt-hw s¹wn mḏrʾ—
   5  m bn ʿbl l-ms¹qy ʾywn-hw ḏ-ʾḥddn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Wtrm Yrtʿ ibn Maʿāhir and ḏ-Ḫwln, son of
   2  Mʿdkrb Yhmgd and Mḫṭrn ʾs¹ʾr, qyly
   3  of Rdmn and Ḫwln, dug up and built the water conduct
   4  and all its canals and its channels (or: dam?) towards the sown field
   5  from ʿbl for the irrigation of his vineyards ḏ-ʾḥddn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
Dimensionsh. 40, w. 64
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteJabal al-Khalīqa
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Qanīya
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context: Canal
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

ʿAbdallāh 1988 a: 148-155, photoʿAbdallāh, Yūsuf M. 1988. Milaff: mashrūʿ mudawwana al-nuqūš al-yamaniyya. Al-Iklīl, 6/2: 148-155.