DhSh 4.1
Text Information
- Siglum
- DhSh 4.1
- Transliteration
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b- s²ḥrt
klbt
ġlṭm
ḥbdt
Ahmad Al-Jallad - Translation
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At S²ḥrt is Klbt ġlṭm ḥbdt
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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b- s²ḥrt: The first line, which is written horizontally across the top of the columns, contains what is probably a toponym introduced by the locative preposition b-. s²ḥrt corresonds to the name of the region today, śaḥrūt.
The following three terms are difficult to interpret. Klbt is a common Semitic name. Ġlṭm is attested for the first time with an m, but ġlṭ is attested in other instances. This could suggest that it is a substantive or a verb, perhaps 'to err', rather than a name. The following term ḥbdt is attested once more without the t as ḥbd, perhaps suggesting it too is a verb/substantive and not a name. The root is unknown in Arabic, Ethiopic, or South Arabian. The inscription is at the moment impossible to interpret.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- OCIANA
- Field Collector
- Muḥammad ʿīsā Sālim Balḥāf al-Mahrī
- Technique
- Painted
- Direction of Script
- Vertical columns right to left + horizontal
- Associated Inscriptions
- [DhSh] Dhofari inscriptions from Shaḥrūt, Yemen
- Site
- Shaḥrūt, Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen
- Date Found
- 2025
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Place-name, Query (subject uncertain)
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Updated
15 Aug, 2025
by
Ahmad Al-Jallad
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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'DhSh 4.1.' OCIANA. 15 Aug, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45809. Accessed: 07 Sep, 2025.