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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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"Robin 1998 a: figs 5-6"

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Translations:

1Yrfʾ ʾṣḥḥ, ibn ʾs²yb and ḏ-ʿmrt and ibn S²bṯn and ḏ-ʾlʾmn 
2and ḏ-Kbrn and ʿlt, governor of the tribe Maḍḥi, and Hwfʿm and ʿbdʿm and 
3the masters of the banū Yʿgf and Gzrtn, governors of the house Ys¹rn directed the work, 
4raised with ground and insulated the dam from its foundations to the stream in the rock 
5below Ḥṣbn. They raised up, from the basin to the land that they exploited 
6for agriculture, eleven cubits and remained from the height of the damm 
7that five cubits. They raised up, as their lord Shamr, king 
8of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, ordered them in the year two hundred seventy- 
9five.

Chronological

Period: D
Mentioned Date: 275 Maḍḥī

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Rock

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Southern Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Unknown (wādī Shirjān), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown

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