MAFRAY-al-Asāḥil 5 Gl 1560; RES 3650 C
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 10.5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Yṯʿʾmr Byn bn S¹mhʿl—
2 {|}y mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ ʿrrtm |
| 2 | The word separator at the beginning of the line divides a word, so it could be an error or it could have been engraved to be symmetrical with the separator at the end of the line. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṯʿʾmr Byn son of S¹mhʿl‒ 2 y, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled ʿrrtm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 44, w. 100 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-Asāḥil |
| Ancient site | ʿrrtm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raġwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | The stone is part of the west city walls. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1956: pl. VIII/d (partim) | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 32-33, pl. XIII/1-2 | Höfner, Maria and Solá Solé, Josep M. 1961. Inschriften aus dem Gebiet zwischen Mārib und dem Ǧōf. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 2. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 238/3). Vienna: H. Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. |
| Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 129-130, pl. 8/a | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. Les inscriptions de al-Asâḥil, ad-Durayb et Ḫirbat Saʿûd. (Mission Archéologique Française en République Arabe du Yémen: prospection des Antiquités Préislamiques, 1980). Raydān, 3: 113-182. |