DASI ID: ID: 4858
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"By kind permission of Mission Qatabān"
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Translations:
1S²hr Ygl son of Ydʿʾb king of Qatabān 2constructed the barrage Ylbʾ and its diversion wall and its outlet as an enlargement of 3its territory Grbtn and he excavated its two water conducts Ġyln and Ys¹rn 4and he brought into cultivation and terraced (the territory of) Grbtn and built its barrages and its canals 5and he enlarged it and dug its wells up and he built the barrage Yrtʿ 6ḏ-Flgn that of Kybn over Mhyws¹r as far up to Grbtn; by ʿṯtr 7and by ʿm and by ʿm ḏ-Dymtm and by ʿm ḏ-S²qr and by ʿm ḏ-Ry- 8mt and by ʾnby S²ymn and by Ḥwkm Nbṭ and by ḏt Rḥbn.
Chronological
Period: B1
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Rock
Measures: w. 180
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 700, CSAI I, 11
Spatial
Site: Jabal Qarn ʿUbayd, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
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