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Gr 159 Yanūr 2
Bauer and Lundin 1998: photo 146
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 | 7.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [Brg Yḥ]md w-Yrm Nmrn w-Ns²ʾkrb w-ʾnḍr w-Kr[bʿ]—
2 ṯt bnw Ddn bnyw w-qyḥn krf-hmw Hrn b-mqm w-mlʾ
3 [ʿ]ṯtr ḏ-S³lq w-rṯdw krf-hmw ʿṯtr bn nkym w-mhbʾs¹m
| 1-2 | Integration of the first name following RES 4994, 1. |
| 3 | S³lq could be the name of a sanctuary. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Brg Yḥmd and Yrm Nmrn and Ns²ʾkrb and ʾnḍr and Krbʿ- 2 ṯt, of the family Ddn, built and plastered their cistern Hrn by the power and the favour of 3 ʿṯtr ḏ-S³lq and they committed their cistern against any mischief and person causing damage. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 28, w. 87, th. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Yanūr |
| Ancient site | Ynrm |
| Geographical area | Nihm |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 40, photo 146 | Bauer, Gleb M. and Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1998. Pamjatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. Južnaja Aravija. Part 2: Epigraficheskie pamjiatniki drevnego Jemena. 2. St.-Petersburg: Zentr "Peterburgskoe vostokovedenie". [Akademia nauk, Institut Vostokovedenija, Sankt-Peterburgskiy filial] |