RES 2665 Gl 541; CIH 627
Bron 1983: 150, pl. 9/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 20 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 (K)rbʾl Byn bn Yṯʿʾmr mkrb S¹bʾ bny b[... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Krbʾl Byn, son of Yṯʿʾmr, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, built b[... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25, w. 179 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The stone inscription was reused in ancient time in the Mārib's dam, so that the mukarrib Krbʾl Byn can not be included among the builders of the Marib's dam.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XIV/e (=CIH 632/b) | 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. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: 129-130, pl. 51/a | Müller, Walter W. 1982. Bemerkungen zu einigen von der Yemen-Expedition 1977 des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts aufgenommenen Inschriften aus dem Raum Mārib und Barāqiš. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 129-134. |
| Wissmann 1982: 251-252, fig. 56 (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.)] |
| Bron 1983: 139, pl. 9/a | Bron, François 1983. Inscriptions de la digue de Mârib. Aula Orientalis, 1: 137-153. |
| Robin 1988 a: 98, pl. 2/a | Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114. |