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MS aḍ-Ḍayq Bayt as-Salāmī 3
al-Salami 2011: 192, fig. 10
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]n w-s²ʿbn
2 [... ...] (b)tn w-kb
3 [... ...] mḥgrt|
4 [... ...] ḏ-ḫmr
5 [... ...]nẓr Rḥmn[n]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and the tribe 2 [... ...] 3 [... ...] reserved land (?) 4 [... ...] He who granted 5 [... ...] the protection of Rḥmnn. |
| 5 | nẓr in late Sabaic means "members of a group, adherents", but here the translation of Al-Salami "protection" seems preferable. |
| al-Salami 2011: 30-31 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 33 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Ancient site | unknown |
| Geographical area | Jabal al-Lawz |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The stone was reemployed in the construction of a house of the village Bayt as-Salāmī. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 30-31, fig. 10 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |