RES 4228
Jamme 1958-1959: pl. IX/1
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 3.6-4.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 | Ṣbḥm w-L—
2 ḥy bn ʿm—
3 ʾns¹ ḏ-ʿbn |
4 | ʿbd S¹mhʿ—
5 ly bny by—
6 t S¹mʿ ywm |
7 | nql l-Ḥḍr |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ṣbḥm and L ‒ 2 ḥy, sons of ʿm ‒ 3 ʾns¹, of ʿbn, 4 servants of S¹mhʿ‒ 5 ly, built the temple 6 of S¹mʿ when 7 they quarried stones for Ḥḍr. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Marseille, Musée Borély, Marseille 5538 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 38, w. 23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Cantineau 1927: 139-140, photo | Cantineau, Jean 1927. Nouvelles Inscriptions Sud-Arabiques du Musée Borély à Marseille. Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archéologie Orientale, 24: 135-146. |
| Jamme 1958-1959: 183-184, pl. IX/1 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958-1959. Les antiquités Sud-Arabes du Musée Borély à Marseille. Cahiers de Byrsa, 8: 149-189. |
| Wissmann 1982: 243-244, fig. 53 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |