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MS aḍ-Ḍayq Bayt as-Salāmī 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 | 7 |
TEXT
1 m(h)dr qyln Nwqm
2 Yqbl bn Kbs¹yn (r)[.]—
3 m mm
| 3 | The two letters m at the end of the inscription are not on the same line of the third row and present a different ductus than the rest of the text, so that they can be interpreted with quite certainty as a later addiction, having nothing to do with the inscription itself. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 The canal (?) of the qyln Nwqm 2 Yqbl of the family Kbs¹yn 3 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Dimensions | w. 41 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 28-29, fig. 8 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |