DASI ID: ID: 1168
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"By kind permission of Chr.J. Robin"
Text:
Translations:
1S¹mhʿly Ḏrḥ, son of Ydʿʾl, acquired and built for his son Wqhʾl 2this ʾdbn ḏ-Wqhʾl with full ownership rights - and let there be no violation thereof - up to its boundaries, and 3according to the document of Ḏmrwqh; and he has acquired it in addition to the ʾdb that Wqhʾ ‒ 4ʾl had erected during the month of S¹ḥr, that of the priesthood of Myṯʿm ibn Ḥzfrm 5Ḏmrwqh.
Translation Notes:
1"für seinen Herren" (Stein 2003 a: 215).
3"als anderen ʾdb" (Müller in Wissmann); Stein (2003 a: 215): ʾḫry "nach"(?).
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Rock
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Symbol Shape: Blitzbündel and Doppelgriffel
Subject Level 1: Symbol
Symbol Reference: King
Symbol Reference Text: mukarrib of Sabaʾ
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Spatial
Site: Jabal Balaq al-Awsaṭ, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Area with rock inscriptions
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