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DAI Ṣirwāḥ 2002-103
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... qy](n) (Ṣ)rwḥ bn ʾbʿmr w-ʾqyn (Ṣ)[r]—
2 [w]ḥ bnyw qbr-hmw Ygr gwlm[ ... ...]
3 [w-b ʿṯt](r)-S²ymm w-b S¹mhʿly w-b ʾ[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] qyn of Ṣrwḥ, son of ʾbʾmr, and the ʾqyn of Ṣrwḥ 2 built their tomb Ygr with full ownership rights [... ...] 3 by ʿṯtr the Patron and by S¹mhʿly and by [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Ygr |
| Notes | The stone is reemployed in the wall of a tower. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Nebes 2009: 274-275, 278 (fig. 2) | Nebes, Norbert 2009. Ein Erlaß des Gottes ʾAlmaqah zum Schutze der Grabanlagen in Ṣirwāḥ. Pages 267-278 in Werner Arnold, Michael Jursa, Walter W. Müller and Stephan Procházka (eds). Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica In memoriam Alexander Sima. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. |