DASI ID: ID: 1675
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"By kind permission of K. Noman"
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Translations:
1Hbs¹l son of S²gb directed the construction works of the city wall of Myfʿt and of its gate, made of stone, wood and bricks, and the construction of the houses 2on its city wall, from foundation to top, [...] and he completed and raised what Ṣdqydʿ had walled of it.
1Hbs¹l ibn S²gb a dirigé la construction de l'enceinte de Myfʿt et de sa porte en pierre de taille, en bois et en brique crue (?), ainsi que la construction des habitations qu'il a placées 2contre (?) son enceinte, depuis les fondations jusqu'au faîte ... Il a achevé et élevé ce que l'enfant (?) de celle-ci (= Myfʿt), Ṣdqydʿ, avait déjà muni d'une enceinte.
Chronological
Period: B1 (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Walls
Materials: Stone
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Ḥaḍramitic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Ry 337, RES 2640, RES 5082
Spatial
Site: Naqb al-Hajar, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Myfʿt
Type of Site: Settlement
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