DASI ID: ID: 2371
Bāfaqīh and Robin 1979 a: 48, pl.5 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1S¹mhyfʿ ʾs²wʿ, Mʿdkrb Ymgd, 2Lḥyʿt Yrḫm and S²rḥbʾl Ykml, sons of Lḥyʿ- 3t Yrḫm, those of the clan Yzʾn, Gdnm, Bs³ʾyn, Y- 4lġb, Ġymn, Yṣbr, Myfʿ, Grdn, Rḫyt, 5their tribes Ḍyftn, Rṯḥm, S¹ʾkln, S³krd and Mṭl- 6ftn, army and kabirs of their tribes S¹ybn, Ḥaḍramawt, Qanaʾ and ʾ- 7mrʿn wrote this rock-inscription, when they came back from ʾs¹ʿy after plundering the tribe of M- 8lkn and they hunted in their expedition one hundred 9and twenty-seven wild asses. The month of 10Ṯbtn, six hundred twenty- 11five.
Chronological
Period: E
Mentioned Date: 625 Ḥimyar
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Rock
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Late Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Commemorative text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Yanbuq, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Area with rock inscriptions
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