DASI ID: ID: 9217
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"al-Salami 2011: 209, fig. 29"
Text:
Translations:
1Rbm ʾḫṭr, Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, and Nms²m Yrḫm of the clans Gdnm, Ḥbtlm and Zb[nr ... ...] 2Yʿrr of the family Ḥbtlm, walled, constructed, finished, repaired, and erected the (stone) slabs, [... ... and the to]- 3wers of their city ʿtkn, by the power of their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-[Raydān, the son of ʿlhn ] 4Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ. They entrusted the whole inscription against damages [... ...] 5and ʾlmqh Ṯhwn and Ḥgrm Qḥmm and their lord S²[ʿrm ʾwtr, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān].
Translation Notes:
2mṯldt is a hapax in ASA. Al-Salami finds a possible comparaison in the Eth. saledā "tablet, slab". The hypothesis by Al-Salami is uncertain, the Eth. saledā is a loanword from Greek selis "column of writing".
Chronological
Period: D
Physical
Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: w. 102
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Letter Measure: 6
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text (conjectural)
Writing Techniques: Relief
Spatial
Site: Dār ash-Sharīf, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown
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