DASI ID: ID: 5328

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 65-66, pl. IV Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1[... ... Ydʿʾb] king of Qataban prohibited and and applied an interdiction as a protective bond 2[which links the king Ydʿʾb] and those of authority with the people/person who rise/s from 3[... ...] against being hostile and rising against (?) Qataban 4[... ...] whoever Ydʿʾb orders and commands and whoever 5[contravenes the ordinance of this prohibition and interdiction (?)] then he gives and assigns his life and his possessions to Ydʿ- 6ʾb [... ...] the last year of Hwfʿṯt ḏ-Byḥn and the signature 7(was made by) the hand of Ydʿʾb.
Chronological
Period: B
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure → Gate
Materials: Stone
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Legal text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision
Royal Inscription: Yes
Concordances: Ry 215, Q 202, CSAI I, 213
Spatial
Site: Hajar Kuḥlān, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Tmnʿ
Type of Site: Settlement
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