DASI ID: ID: 175
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Text:
Translations:
1Mlkm son of Ṯʿdlt [...] and 2dug the tower Hrn from 3foundation to top, in the fortress 4ʿr Wdm, by the help of his lord Ydʿʾl 5Byn, king of Ḥaḍramawt, son of Rbs²ms¹.
Translation Notes:
1If the reading brʾ were accepted, the first verb was "built".
1-2"... ... le bâtiment restauré" (RES); "has paved (reading ḍrs¹, Ed.) and covered" (Jamme).
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 25, w. 40, th. 9.5
Letter Measure: 3.5
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Ḥaḍramitic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Relief
Concordances: RES 3250
Spatial
Site: Shibām, Ḥaḍramawt, Yemen
Ancient Name: S²bm
Type of Site: Assumed location for an ancient toponym
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 125126=1883,0421.6
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