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Gl 1733 A 620; M 79
Höfner 1973: pl. XVII, fig. 2
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 2.5 |
TEXT
1 [... ...] bʿly bny [....]tn [... ...]
2 [... ...]-hmw bn ṭby w-ʿlmy b-hm(y) [....]
3 [... ...]w bʾs¹-mw kl ʾns¹m|
| 1 | Höfner tried to reconstruct partially the name of a lineage after bny: she suggests ḏ-Gz[.]tn. |
| 2 | ṭby from the root ṭbb could be translated "proclamation" or "declaration". |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Unknown |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The provenance from Ṣirwāḥ is hypothetical, see Höfner 1976: 23. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1973: 73-74, pl. XVII, 2 | 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. |