INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Undefined Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
TEXT
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1 bn s²[lṯ]m hbltw bnw Kbs¹ym k-twṯm
2 w-ʾqtfys²n w-s¹tḥ[..] ʾw-btʿ rbn [... ...]—
3 ṯr ʾmrʾ-hmw bny Kbs¹ym ʿlm ynl[... ...]
4 dytm bs¹m mlkn [... ...]yntm bs¹m [... ...]—
5 n bnmm ʿlm [... ...]
| Apparatus |
| 1 | hbltw: "be charged with a mission" (Beeston et al. 1982: 29)
k-twṯm: RES proposes to read k-tʿlm "selon qu'a signé". | | 2 | ʾqtfys²n: according to RES the first letter could also be read as "n" and the following "q" as "w". |
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OBJECT INFORMATION
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
Provenance| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed outside the mosque. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner 1938: 18 | Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.
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