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Gl 1694 A 581 a, b, c; M 40
Höfner 1973: pl. IX, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Measure of letters | 9.2 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [Hwfʿṯt w-Ns²ʾkrb ḏy Ḥbb] [... ...][...] ḏ-Ḍrʿm ʾrḍ nḫly-hmw w-ʾʿ[md]-
2 [hmw] [... ...] [b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlm]qh w-b-ḏt Ḥmym w-b ʿṯtr-(S²)[rqn]
| 1-2 | ḏ-Ḍrʿm is probably the name of a domain ("that from West") (see CIH 342, 7 f). The end of the line 1 may be completed either by ʾʿ[md] (vinestocks) or by ʾʿ[nb] (vineyards). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān (In the proximity of Ṣirwāḥ (in Glaser's diary: "Ṣirwāḥ, Gegend").) |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1973: 18-19, pl. IX, 1 | Höfner, Maria 1973. Inschriften aus Ṣirwāḥ, Ḫaulān. (I Teil). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 8. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 291/1). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |