DASI ID: ID: 4362
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"By kind permission of K. Noman"
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Translations:
1S²hr Ġyln son of ʾbs²bm king of Qatabān and of all the children of ʿm and of Awsān and of Dhs¹m and of Tbnw, first-born of ʾnby and Ḥwkm ḏ-ʾmr and S²mr, Collector, qyn, Priest of ʿmm (or, great Priest), built and restored whole the construction and the realization 2of the gate ḏ-S³dw and of its two bastions Ḥmrr and S²ḫb, its stone, its sandstone, its wood and its limestone[... ...] through the mobilization of Qatabān; by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by ḏt Ṣntm and by ḏt Ẓhrn.
Chronological
Period: B1
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Measures: TSb: h. 75, w. 165; RES 3881: h. 87, w. 192
Letter Measure: 9
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: Q 769, Ja 2436 (TSb+RES 3881), CSAI I, 5
Spatial
Site: Hajar Kuḥlān, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Tmnʿ
Type of Site: Settlement
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