Ry 540
Schmidt 1987: pls 16/a-c, 17/d
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 S²ʿrm bn Yhʿn bny w-↯hwṯrn w-hs²qrn (ṣ)↯rḥt-hmw Myr b-ʿṯtr w-H(wbs¹)↯ [w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥ]↯mym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-ʾybm [... ]w-[b mqm] w-r[d]—
2 ʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw Krbʾl Wt(r)↯ Yhnʿm ml(k )(S¹bʾ)↯ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Ḏmrʿly Byn w-Hlk↯[ʾmr bn K]rbʾl w-b-s²ʿb-hmw S¹bʾ w-Fys²n w-rṯd-h ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²ʿrm ibn Yhʿn built, laid the foundation and completed their superstructure (?) Myr, by ʿṯtr, Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdnm, ʾybm [...], and by the power and the help 2 of their lords Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ḏmrʿly Byn, and Hlkʾmr, son of Krbʾl, and by their tribe Sabaʾ and Fayshān; and they committed it to ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957 a: 98-100, pl. I | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quinzième série. Le Muséon, 70: 97-126. |
| Schmidt 1987: 139-140, pls 16, 17 | Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142. |