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Corpus of Sabaic Inscriptions (work in progress)


Garbini 1988: pl. 41
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  ʿmkrb fqḍn ḏ-ʿbn [w]-ʿmʾns¹ fqḍn bn Mlʾkm

Apparatus
ʿmkrb fqḍn ḏʿbn w-ʿmʾns¹ fqḍ nṭn mlʾkm (Garbini).
It is not sure whether Mlʾkm is a patronymic or a name of group.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿmkrb, fqḍn of ʿbn, and ʿmʾns¹, fqḍn, son of Mlʾkm.
English

   1  ʿmkrb, the "appointed" for flood, and ʿmʾns¹, the assistant-"appointed" for distribution (?).
Garbini 1988Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock inscription
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteShiʿb al-ʿAql
Ancient siteDnm (?) / ʾrydy (?)
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Garbini 1988: 28-29, pl. 41Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.
Jamme 1989: 73-79Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed]