DASI ID: ID: 228
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Text:
Translations:
1Lḥyʿṯt S¹ṭrn, kbr of Fys²n, built 2and laid foundations and completed the two canals, those of 3the three dams for his two palmgroves Mṭrt 4and Mwhrh. By ʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh.
Translation Notes:
3Stein 2003 a: 146 (example n. 290) translate klwt as "dams", which is perfectly consistent with the etymological meaning of the root "to hold back".
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24.5, w. 52.5, th. 8
Letter Measure: 4
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Ry 7
Spatial
Site: Unknown
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 103021 (=1909,0612.2)
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