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Gr 237 Itwa 9
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 | 5 |
TEXT
1 l-Ḥyḍn ḏ-Ḥmln ḫdrn gwlm w-ʾl tʿly w-rṯd-hw Tʾlb w-Nws²m
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 For Ḥydn the tomb with full property rights and let there be no violation; he committed it to Tʾlb and Nws²m. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Rock |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | w. 150 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Itwa |
| Ancient site | ʾtwtm |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bauer and Lundin 1998: 84-85 | 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] |