DASI ID: ID: 5523

al-Ghūl 1959 a: 1-22, pl. 1 Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1when his lord Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn son of S²hr Ġyln commanded him. 2Ṣḥwm, son of Yʾzl, from the family of Krs¹ dedicated 3to ʿm ḏ-Dymtm a limestone slab as 4ʿm protected his servant Ṣḥwm under the command 5of his lords S²hr Ygl and his son Ydʿʾb Y- 6hnʿm and S²hr Hll and his son Ydʿʾb Y- 7gl, kings of Qatabān - and his lords were priests 8while he was in charge of the rites during two priesthoods for a period of 954 years, continuously. He has committed to ʿm 10[... ...] and his sons S²krʿm and 11[... ...] Ys²rḥʿm Yʾzl 12[... ...]ʿly and Yṣr- 13[... ...]
Chronological
Period: B2
Physical
Support: Object → Artefact → Slab
Materials: Marble
Measures: h. 44.5, w. 32
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Qatabanic → Central Qatabanic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Dedicatory text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Q 898, CSAI I, 121
Spatial
Site: an-Nuqūb, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Hydraulic structure
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