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Text:

Translations:

1ʾws¹ʿṯt, ʾws¹m, ʾlwhb and their son(s), 
2descendants of ḏ-Ḫyrhmw, vassals of the king, laid the foundations, 
3constructed and completed their irrigation canal Tġl, for the 
4canalization and irrigation of their palmgroves and their 
5two cisterns (?) in ḏ-Mwhḏ[.], by ʿṯtr, Wdm and ʾ‒ 
6rnydʿ, and by their lords the kings of Sabaʾ.

Chronological

Period: B

Physical

Support: Monumental support → Architectural structure
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 65, w. 56, th. 7
Letter Measure: 5

Linguistic

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

Spatial

Site: Unknown (wādī al-Jawf), Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: Military Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: MṢM 168

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