DASI ID: ID: 821
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"By kind permission of Mission Qatabān photo of the central fragment"
Text:
Translations:
1S²hr Ygl son of Ydʿʾb king of Qataban prohibited and applied an interdiction as a protective bond 2[ which links (?)] the king S²hr with the Qataban tribe and the subjects of the king and their sons and their women-folk 3[and their daughters] and their female and male subjects and their dependents and their clients, against 4[... ... and the act of causing the death (?)] of male and feminine children who are born in Timnaʿ and within its borders 5[... ... and whoever (?)] contravenes the ordinance of this prohibition and interdiction then he gives and assigns 6his life and his possessions to S²hr; and those of his authority (?); its month the latter ḏ-Brm , 7the first year of [... ...] he of Ḏrʾn; and these are the certified documents (?) and the signature 8(was made by) the hand of S²hr.
Chronological
Period: B1
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: Q 79, Ja 105, b2, CSAI I, 211
Spatial
Site: Hajar Kuḥlān, Shabwa, Yemen
Ancient Name: Tmnʿ
Type of Site: Settlement
Deposit:
settlement: Aden
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: NAM 2135=AM 24.35
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