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Robin 1993 b: 178, fig 3 Image free from copyright

Robin 1993 b: 178, fig 3 Image free from copyright

Robin 1993 b: 178, fig. 4 Image free from copyright

Robin 1993 b: 178, fig. 4 Image free from copyright

Text:

Translations:

1[... ...]n S¹mhkrb son of Bʿṯtr and Tbʿkrb son of Yṯʿkrb, of the family ʾtwm, dug
2and cased with stone and founded their well Tġl for their palmgroves ḏt Mhrm and M[s¹]bʾ Wyn (or: M[s¹]bʾ and Yn) and ʾṯʾbn
3and ʾṯʾbn and Wrq and ḏ Ḫrẓn, that is (or: that are) now called ḏt Mhrm, and ḏ Mḥbrm and ḏt Mhrm and Fqḥ
4Ws³f (or: Fqḥ and S³f) and Mnqhw on Ḍfwn, byʿṯtr and by ʾlmqh and by ḏt Ḥmym and by ḏt Bʿdnm and by ḏt
5Ns²qm and by Ykrbmlk Wtr king of Sabaʾ.

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Measures: left fragment: w. 33.5, h. 33.5; right fragment: w. 59, h. 22

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: al-Mabniyya, al-Jawf, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown

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