Fa 64
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 50
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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 |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ... bn]yw w-hwṯr w-s²q[r ... ...]
2 [... ...]h bn mhnkrm [... ...]
3 [... ... ʾ]ḫy-hmw w-bny-hmw w-ʾwld-hmw w-ḏ-ʾʿ[ḏr-hmw ... ...]
4 [... ...]hw whb-hw rbʿn l-ḏ-Rymm rbʿm w-l [... ...]
5 [... ...w] mrbym w-ʾln ʾs¹dn f-(g)zmw gz(m) ʿṯtr [... ...]
6 [... ...rn] qbr s²ʾmw ʾln ʾs¹dn w-mn ḏ{n}-mn b-s²ʾmtm ʾ[... ...]
| 6 | The reading w-mn ḏn-mn is uncertain. P. Stein 2003: 151, note 140: w-mn ḏ-mn. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] built, laid foundations and completed [... ...] 2 [... ...] against who may damage [... ...] 3 [... ...] their brothers, their children and their sons and their descendants [... ...] 4 [... ...] and granted him the quarter, for the family Rymm a quarter and for [... ...] 5 [... ...] mrbym. And these men swore an oath to ʿṯtr [... ...] 6 [... ...] the tomb that these people bought and whosoever by a purchase [... ...]. |
| 5 | mrbym: "Māribite" (?) or a participle 0/2 from rby (G. Ryckmans 1952). |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 37 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 37, w. 43 |
| 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 upside-down in a wall of the modern village. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 105, n. 112, fig. 50 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 37 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Stein 2003 a: 151, fn. 140 | Stein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH. |