DASI ID: ID: 1286
Garbini 1988: pl. 54/b Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ...] ʾḏnt, friend of Ydʿʾl and Yṯʿʾmr, dedicated to ʾlmqh ʿlmḫ [... ...] 2[... ...] Ydʿʾl on the wall of Ḥfry; and he surrounded it with a wall and erected it up to its gate [... ...] 3[... ...] his mḥt; and he dug the well of Rwym in ʾrydy and opened a road [... ...] 4[... ...] his affairs (?) as far as "him of ʾns²mm". By ʿṯtr, ʾlmqh and ḏt Ḥmym [... ...].
Translation Notes:
1Garbini: mḥt-hw "the disappearance (?) of it".
2Jamme: he will wall it and erect it for his country.
3Jamme: he desired a mountain pass.
4Jamme: in his undertaking in Ḏū+ʾns²amum.
Chronological
Period: A
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 19, w. 65+16
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Early Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Script Cursus: Boustrophedon
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Eryani 48
Spatial
Site: Yalā, Mārib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ḥfry
Type of Site: Settlement
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