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Y.81.C.0/1
de Maigret 1981: pl. 8/a
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 | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [...L]yʿṯt w-bn-hw Hrm[.] [..]—
2 mrm bnw ḏ-ʾhgrn brʾw
3 byt-hmw S²bʿn b-rs²wt
4 Ḥywm bn S²mr Ẓbym ḫ[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt and his son Hrm[... ...] 2 mrm of the family ʾhgrn built 3 their house S²bʿn during the priesthood of 4 Ḥywm, son of S²mr Ẓbym [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Madīnat al-Ahjur |
| Ancient site | ʾhgrn |
| Geographical area | al-Ḥadaʾ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| de Maigret 1981: pl. 8/a | de Maigret, Alessandro 1981. Two prehistoric cultures and a new Sabaean site in the Eastern Highlands of North Yemen. Raydān, 4: 191-204. |