DASI ID: ID: 5094

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1949 a: pl. I Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn, son of S²hr, mukarrib of Qatabān and of all 2the children of ʿm and of Awsān and Kḥd and Dhs¹m and Tb- 3nw hewed out, opened up, smoothed and paved the Mblqt pass that of 4Brm and Ḥrb, and built and restored the temple of Wdm and ʾṯrt and the king's shelter 5in Qly, through the mobilization of Qatabān and the power of the people of Brm and Hrbt; 6by ʿṯtr and by ʿm and by ʾnby and by Ḥwkm and by ḏt Ṣntm 7and by ḏt Ẓhrn and by ḏt Rḥbn.
Translation Notes:
3at the end of the line ʾs¹n is a term employed as a determinative pronoun “that of”, and it must probably not to be taken as a preposition “between”.
Chronological
Period: B1
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Rock
Measures: h. 24, w. 1.05
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 36, CSAI I, 21
Spatial
Site: ʿAqabat Mablaqa, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mblqt
Type of Site: Mountain pass/Paved road
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