DASI ID: ID: 260
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Ryckmans, Gonzague 1954: 107-110 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
.. ...] 1and Whbʾl Yḥz king of Sabaʾ ratified for his vassals [... ...] 2[... ...] and exploit and made fertile and cultivate and [... ...] 3king of Sabaʾ for his vassals the banū Btʿ and according to [... ... Wh]- 4bʾl Yḥz king of Sabaʾ and his brother W[... ...] 5and all their folksmen and their children and their descendants [... ...].
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 36.8, w. 54, th. 9
Letter Measure: 6
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: Gl 1722
Spatial
Site: Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Ṣrwḥ
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: London
institution: The British Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: BM 104395=1911,0513.1
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