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"CIAS: i, 205"

Text:

Translations:

1Klbm ʾs²wʿand his wife [... ...]
2and Krbʿṯt and Yḍʿ and [... ...]
3of Ṣnʿn, vassals of the family [... ...]
4repaired and completed their house Ṣnʿn [... ...]
5which is in  [... ...] Yḥs³l after [... ...]
6army of the king of Sabaʾ in hostilities (?) [... ...]

Translation Notes:

5For diverging interpretations of the word ḥykln, see Beeston in CIAS: i, 204 and Jamme 1985: 248.

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 24.3, w. 34, th. 4
Letter Measure: 3

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Undefined Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Incision

Spatial

Site: Unknown
Ancient Name: Unknown
Deposit:
settlement: Ṣanʿāʾ
institution: The National Museum
private Collection: false
identification Number: YM 367

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