Fa 9
Fakhry 1952: pl. XVII/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||||
| Measure of letters | 24 | ||||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text | ||||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Ns²ʾ(k)r(b) Yh(ʾ)[mn] mlk (S¹b)[ʾ]
2 bn Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ hqny ʾ—
3 lmqh bʿl ʾwʿl Ṣrwḥ s¹dṯtn ʾ—
4 ṣlmn ʾly ḏhbn l-wfy-hw w-wfy
5 bytn S¹lḥn w-mlk-hmw w-l-ḏt ys¹ʿ—
6 [dn ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Ns²ʾkrb Yhʾmn, king of Sabaʾ, 2 son of Ḏmrʿly Ḏrḥ, dedicated to 3 ʾlmqh, Lord of the ibexes of Ṣrwḥ, six 4 statues of bronze for his safety and the safety of 5 the house S¹lḥn and of their kingdom. May He grant 6 [... ...]. |
| Jamme 1962 a: 269 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 39, w. 57.5, th. 45 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple |
| Notes | From the ruins of the temple D (see A. Fakhry 1952). |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 48, n. 26, fig. 17 (facsimile); iii pl. XVII/a | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 9-10 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |