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MS al-Balad 2
al-Salami 2011: 215, fig. 36/a
al-Salami 2011: 215, fig. 36/a
al-Salami 2011: 215, fig. 36/b
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text |
TEXT
1 kn ʿs²r Mbhl bn Mngḥ b-ʾ—
2 ṯs¹m ḏ-hrg b-ʿrn Mṭbḥm
3 b-ywm (w)ḍʾ (qr)n-hw qrn s²ʿbn
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 So Mmhl, of the family Mngḥ, in ʾṯs¹m left a record (on this rock). 2 He who, on the mountain Mṭbḥm, gained war-trophies, 3 when his garrison, the garrison of the tribe, went out. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Dimensions | w. 21 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Balad |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Jiḥāna |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| al-Salami 2011: 66-67, fig. 36/a-b | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |