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𐩠𐩵𐩠𐩵

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"Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 32, pl. 21"

Text:

Translations:

1... Si elle, qui qu'elle soit, n'érigeait  pas, qu'il érige sa façade (?).

Translation Notes:

1Frantsouzoff prefers the meaning "to build, to erect" for the verb derived from the root S²YM, rather than "to decorate", proposed by Bauer and Lundin.

Chronological

Period: C (conjectural)
Range: 100 BCE - 100 CE

Physical

Support: Object → Stone piece
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 19-20, w. 55-56, th. 13
Letter Measure: 3.1/3.5

Linguistic

Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Central Middle Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Textual Typology: Construction text
Writing Techniques: Incision
Concordances: Gr 345, MAFRAY-al-Ḥawl 2, Nihm 11

Spatial

Site: al-ʿĀdī, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Brn
Site: al-Ḥawl, Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen
Ancient Name: Unknown

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