MAFRAY-ad-Durayb 5 A+B Gl 1565+Gl 1566; RES 4848+RES 4847
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| MAFRAY-ad-Durayb 5 A+B=Gl 1565+Gl 1566=RES 4848+RES 4847. |
TEXT
1 [...] bn K—
2 br(ʾ)l [...]—
3 [..] (w)-rs²w |
4 ḏ-ʾlm [S¹m]—
5 [h](ʿly) h(q)—
6 [ny ʾlmq]—
7 [h ... ...]
8 [... ...]
9 [... ...]
10 [... ...]
11 [. w-ʿṯ]t—
12 [r w-ʾl](mq)—
13 h w-(b)[ Hw]—
14 [bs¹ w-]b ḏt
15 Ḥmy[m w-S¹]—
16 [mʿ w]-(b) S¹m—
17 hʿl(y)[..]
18 [..] w-b Kt—
19 l(m) w-(b)[..]
| The right part of the text on the pillar is not visible as it was hammered. The restorations are those proposed by the editors. | |
| 8-10 | The exact number of the lost lines between the two fragments of the pillar cannot be defined, but it was surely an odd number of at least three lines, according to the editors. |
| 19 | The text continued on, at least, another line. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [...] son of K‒ 2 brʾl [...]‒ 3 [..] and priest of 4 the banquet (?) of [S¹m]‒ 5 [h]ʿly dedicated 6 [to ʾlmq]‒ 7 [h ... ...] 8 [... ...] 9 [... ...] 10 [... ...] 11 [and ʿṯtr] 12 [and ʾl]mqh 13 and by [Hwbs¹] 14 and by ḏt 15 Ḥmy[m and 16 S¹mʿ and] by 17 S¹mhʿly [..] 18 [..] and by 19 Ktlm and by [..] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Pillar |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 78 (fragment A), h. 75 (fragment B), w. 36 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | ad-Durayb |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | These two fragments of the same inscription, reemployed in the modern village of ad-Durayb, probably come from the site of Kharibat Saʿud (Ktlm, mentioned in the text). |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 36-37, pls XVIII/1, XIX/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: 142-145, pl. 15 | 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. |
| Wissmann 1964 a: 226-227, 229, fig. 11 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1964. Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Alt-Südarabien. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 3. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 246). Vienna: Böhlaus. |