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DAI Ṣirwāḥ 2005-1B


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

This text is a short and draft version of the inscription DAI Ṣirwāḥ 2005-1A. It is known only by some digital photographs where its ending section is bad visible.

TEXT

marker


   1  ʾs¹ds²fq
   2  bn Yq(s³)mʾ[l]
   3  ʿbd Ykrbmlk
   4  h[ʿ]ḏb <ṯqb> [Ṣ](r)wḥ |
   5  w-qtl

Apparatus
4-5The inscription is not clearly visible from the picture. According to N. Nebes 2016: 74, ṯqb Ṣrwḥ in the l.5 should be understood as an integration of the badly written ṯqb Ṣrwḥ of the l. 4. In this case, l. 5 ends with the verb qtl.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʾs¹ds²fq,
   2  son of Yqs³mʾl,
   3  servant of Ykrbmlk,
   4  repaired the wall break of Ṣrwḥ
   5  and he killed.
Nebes 2016: 74Nebes, Norbert 2016. Der Tatenbericht des Yaṯaʿʾamar Watar bin Yakrubmalik aus Ṣirwāḥ (Jemen). Zur Geschichte Südarabiens im frühen 1. Jahrtausend vor Christus. Mit einem archäologischen Beitrag von Iris Gerlach und Mike Schnelle. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 7). Tübingen-Berlin: Wasmuth Verlag.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nebes 2016: 74, pl. 19/dNebes, Norbert 2016. Der Tatenbericht des Yaṯaʿʾamar Watar bin Yakrubmalik aus Ṣirwāḥ (Jemen). Zur Geschichte Südarabiens im frühen 1. Jahrtausend vor Christus. Mit einem archäologischen Beitrag von Iris Gerlach und Mike Schnelle. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 7). Tübingen-Berlin: Wasmuth Verlag.