DASI ID: ID: 9086
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"al-Salami 2011: 197, fig. 14 a"
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"al-Salami 2011: 197, fig. 14 b"
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"al-Salami 2011: 198, fig. 14 c"
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"al-Salami 2011: 198, fig. 14 d"
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"al-Salami 2011: 199, fig. 14 e"
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Translations:
1Yhʿn and his son ʾls²rḥ and his son Tbʿkrb, the sons of 2Yhʿn, of the family S¹ṭrn, constructed, constructed a canal, cleared the ground, walled a cistern, walled, and 3completed their terraced field Tʿwd. By ʾlmqh, Lord of Rywn, and ʿṯtr, 4Lord of Tyfʿm.
Translation Notes:
3-4The end of l. 3 and the line 4 follow the reading by Al-Salami.
Chronological
Period: B (conjectural)
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: w. 92
Letter Measure: 6,5
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: al-Kharba, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: unknown
Type of Site: Settlement
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