67:ʿbdkllm and his wife ʾbʿly, daughter of ʾlh- and their sons Hnʾm and Hʿll of the clan of Qwlm (or, Fwlm) built and complete their house Yrs³ with the help of Rahmanan. He built it in the month of Ḫrf of the year five hundred and seventy-three (of the Himyarite calendar). Life!
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The inscription describes a man named ‘bdkllm and his family, a wife and two sons, celebrating the completion of the construction of a house or palace known as Yrs³. The figure ‘bdkllm in the inscription was first identified by Albert W.F. Jamme as the
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inscription. It dates back to the 5th century CE, and commemorates the completion of the construction of a house or palace by the
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