DASI ID: ID: 8775
Schmidt 1987: pl. 20/f Image free from copyright
Text:
Translations:
1Lḥyʿṯt S¹ṭrn, kbr of Fys²n, built and 2founded and completed the four dam walls of the sluice 3of his palmgrove ʿbṯr. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.
Translation Notes:
2klwtn mẓkkt: "sustaining walls [which are] the enclosures" (A. Jamme 1976).
Chronological
Period: C (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 23, w. 80
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: Maʾrib, Maʾrib, Yemen
Ancient Name: Mryb / Mrb
Type of Site: Settlement
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