DASI ID: ID: 9962
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"Robin, al-Ghabbān and al-Saʿīd 2014: 1079, fig. 22"
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"Robin, al-Ghabbān and al-Saʿīd 2014: 1079, fig. 23"
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"Robin, al-Ghabbān and al-Saʿīd 2014: 1080, fig. 24"
Text:
Translations:
1Tamīm dhu- 2Qasmallāt 3quand ils prirent au-dessus de Ḥimà de 4Najrān avec les princes 5Sharaḥʾīl dhu-Yazʿan et leurs trou- 6pes, Sabaʾ, et les princes 7Gadanum et Sukhaymum, alors qu'ils avaient pris position 8avec douze 9mille combattants.
Translation Notes:
9The noun mqtl (from the root qtl "to kill"), with the meaning of fighter is attested here for the first time.
Chronological
Period: E
Physical
Support: Monumental support → Rock
Materials: Stone
Measures: h. 183, w. 152, th. 76
Decorations:
Figurative Subjects:
Monogram Name: Yz[ʾn]
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Monogram Name: y
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Monogram Name: r+m
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Subject Level 1: Monogram
Linguistic
Language: Ancient South Arabian → Sabaic → Late Sabaic
Alphabet: Ancient South Arabian
Script Typology: Monumental writing
Writing Techniques: Incision
Spatial
Site: Biʾr Ḥimā, Najrān, Saudi Arabia
Ancient Name: Unknown
Type of Site: Area with rock inscriptions
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