Ja 536 Schm/MA 92
Schmidt et al. 1987: pl. 12/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Left to right | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Ys¹rḥʾl-Ġyln |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with niche |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 72, w. 25 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
| Notes | The stela was reemployed in a construction in the city of Mārib. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Schmidt et al. 1987: 136 | Schmidt, Jürgen, Finster, Barbara, Herberg, Werner, Klaus, M. and Müller, Walter W. 1987. Mārib. Dritter vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in der Sabäerhauptstadt und Umgebung. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 97-142. |
| Jamme 1954 d: 25-26 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. An Archaic Dextrograde Sabaean Inscription from Mâreb. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 134: 25-26. |