Fa 95 + Fa 94
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 62
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- Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 62
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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 | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 [... ...] w-Rtdm Y[..]bn ʾlw Mʾḏnm ʾqwl s²ʿb↯n Mʾḏnm hḥdṯw l-s²ym-hmw [... ...]
2 w-kl nkl mḏqnt-hw l-wfy mrʾ-hmw ʾls²r↯ḥ Yḥḍb mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-b[n-hw] Wtrm [... ...] w-l-s¹ʿ—
3 d-hmw nʿmtm w-mngt ṣdqm w-bry ʾʾḏnm ↯ (w)-mqymtm w-l-wfy s²ʿb-hmw Mʾḏnm [... ...]
| 3 | G. Ryckmans (1952) reading "mnlt", "biens". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] and Rtdm Y[..]bn, those of the tribe Mʾḏnm, ʾqwl of the tribe Mʾḏnm, built for their Patron [... ...] 2 and all the work of its entrance-hall. For the safety of their lord ʾls²rḥ Yḥḍb, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, and his son Wtrm [... ...]. And may He grant 3 them prosperity, good luck, soundness of faculties and material resources, and may He protect their tribe Mʾḏnm [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, The National Museum, AM 845 |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 25.5, w. 25.5, th. 15 (AM 845) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed in a building of the government. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 114, n. 143-144, fig. 62 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 60 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Doe and Jamme 1968: 4, pl. I | Doe, D. Brian and Jamme, Albert W.F. 1968. New Sabaean Inscriptions from South Arabia. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 100/1: 2-28. |