Taīrān 2003
Ṭaīrān 2003: 250
- Ṭaīrān 2003: 250
- Ṭaīrān 2003: 250
- Ṭaīrān 2003: 254
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
|
TEXT
1 mḏbḥt ʿbdm w-bny-h↯w bny S¹qrn ʾdm ḏ-ʿqbn
2 ḏt b-ʿly-h ymḫs¹nn b-s¹↯bʿm ḏ-ʾbhy w-rṯd-h-ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Altar of ʿbdm and his sons, banū S¹qrn, servants of ḏ-ʿqbn, 2 on which they will slaughter (?) on the seventh (day) of ḏ-ʾbhy; and he committed it to ʾlmqh. |
| 2 | For the hapax of the root MḪS¹, Taīrān proposes the meaning "to slaughter" on the basis of the context. |
| Ṭaīrān 2003: 258 | Ṭaīrān, Sālim A. 2003. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya li-naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd ʿalā maḏbaḥ aḍḥiyya. Maǧalla Ğāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd, 15: 247-268. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Altar (mḏbḥt) |
| Shape | Squared |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 15, w. 83, th. 14-15.5 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ṭaīrān 2003: 247-267 (figs 1-2 and facsimile) | Ṭaīrān, Sālim A. 2003. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya li-naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd ʿalā maḏbaḥ aḍḥiyya. Maǧalla Ğāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd, 15: 247-268. |