DASI ID: ID: 5285
Pirenne 1956: pl. XXXIII/a Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1S²hr Ġyln, son of ʾbs²bm, king of Qatabān, built 2and restored all the cutting (of stones) and the construction of the city wall curtain 3[... ...] and by ʾnby and by ʿm ḏ-Ys¹rm.
Translation Notes:
2ṣḥft "curtain" is singular in Minaic, in Qatabanic ṣḥft "document" is attested as a singular noun.
Chronological
Period: B1
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Walls
Materials: Stone
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 131, CSAI I, 27
Spatial
Site: Unknown (wādī al-Jūba), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Berlin
institution: Staatliche Museen
private Collection: false
identification Number: Va 5336+Va 7819
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