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RES 3967 RW 59; Tazzer 6; Ja 531 C


Johannes H. Mordtmann and Eugen Mittwoch
Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 17, n. 1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  [Y]s²rḥʾl ʾs¹rʿ bn S¹ḫymm hʿs¹ʾ mʾḫḏ-hmw [... ...]
   2  ʾnhr w-fnwy w-ʾnqb w-ms¹qy ngr-hmw qry[... ...]

Apparatus
2N. Rhodokanakis (1936) considers qry as the name of ngr.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ys²rḥʾl ʾs¹rʾ, son of S¹ḫymm, dig out their control dyke [... ...]
   2  channels, secondary canals, passages for water and the irrigation of their cultivated land [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 40, w. 1.30
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteShibām al-Ghirās / Shibām Sukhaym
Ancient siteS²bmm
Geographical areaBanī Ḥushaysh
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
NotesReemployed in a mosque.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mordtmann and Mittwoch 1931: 17-21, n. 1, photo and facsimileMordtmann, Johannes H. and Mittwoch, Eugen 1931. Sabäische Inschriften. Rathjens-v. Wissmannsche Südarabischen-Reise. 1. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter.
Rhodokanakis 1936: 21-22Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1936. Zur Interpretation Altsüdarabischer Inschriften I. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 43: 21-76.
Jamme 1955 e: 126Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. Inscriptions sud-arabes de la collection Ettore Rossi. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 30: 103-130.