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RES 3902 bis N° 130 Ja 111; Ghul-YU 38


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Measure of letters4.4 (l. 1-3); 4.2 (l. 4); 3.6 (l. 5)
Chronology
PeriodB. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  Lḥyʿṯt w-ʾlʿz bny Yḏkrʾl bn—
   2  y Ṯmd bnyy w-kll ṭlf ḥrt nḫl-
   3  hmy Lbḫw w-Gwbl w-ʾl ʾs¹ s¹ʾl-
   4  hmy b-ḥrt-hmy w-fnwt-hmy gwlm b-
   5  ʾlmqh |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Lḥyʿṯt and ʾlʿz, sons of Yḏkrʾl
   2  of the family Ṯmd, built and completed the revetment of the irrigation canal of
   3  their palmgrove Lbḫw and Gwbl; and let nobody lay claim to them both
   4  in their irrigation canal and in their secondary canal, with full ownership rights;
   5  by ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositAden, The National Museum, AM 60.1285
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27, w. 50.4, th. 4-7
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Unknown
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jaussen 1926: 571Jaussen, Antonin J. 1926. Mélanges: Inscriptions himyarites. Revue Biblique, 35: 548-582.
Jamme 1952 b: 129Jamme, Albert W.F. 1952. Pièces épigraphiques sud-arabes de la collection de K. Muncherjee, I. Le Muséon, 65: 95-137.
Hayajneh 2002: 205-207, fig. 15Hayajneh, Hani 2002. Erneute Behandlung einiger altsüdarabischen Inschriften. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 13/2: 193-222.