Garbini MM 1973
Garbini 1973 b: pl. XVIII
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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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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Yṯʿʾmr Byn bn S¹mhʿly mkrb S¹—
2 bʾ gnʾ Mryb Ḥwkw ywm hwṣt kl
3 gwm ḏ-ʾlm w-s²ymm w-ḏ ḥblm w-ḥmrm
| 2 | According to Garbini Ḥwkw is an attribute of Mārib, which merged various cities belonging to different tribes. This hypothesis is confirmed by the inscription Gl 1719-1717-1718, where the name of Mārib is followed by the proper name ḏ-Ṭs¹s¹m. Wissmann, instead, interprets Ḥwkw as the proper name of part of the Mārib wall. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Yṯʿʾmr Byn, son of S¹mhʿly, mukarrib of Sa‒ 2 baʾ, surrounded with a wall Mryb Ḥwkw, when he founded all 3 the community, that of the god and Patron and of the territory and people. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Inscription on architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 45, w. 110 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Notes | The inscription was found in the village of al-Khobar, east of Ẓahran, stored in a private house. Wissmann suggests that most probably the text was originally placed on the city-walls of Mārib. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Garbini 1973 b: 143-163, pl. XVIII | Garbini, Giovanni 1973. Un nuovo documento per la storia dell'antico Yemen. Oriens Antiquus, 12: 143-163. |
| Wissmann 1982: 103-105, fig. 17 (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.)] |