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MS al-Balad 4
al-Salami 2011: 216, fig. 38
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 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Commemorative text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 (k)n ʿs²ry Byḥ bn Qr[...]
2 [.](ʿ)bn w-ʾrnb b-ym hrgy[ ... ...]
3 [.]b-ywm ʿs²r[.] [.]ṣbn [... ...]
4 [s¹]ṭr [ḏ]n s¹ṭr[n ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 So Byḥ, of the family Qr[...] 2 (ʿ)bn and ʾrnb left a record (on this rock) [... ...], 3 when they gained war-trophies [... ...], 4 when [.]ṣbn left a record [... ...] 5 [...] he wrote this inscription [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| 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: 68, fig. 38 | al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. |