| 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 |
| English | |
1 Ḥywm, son of Lḥyʿṯt of the family S¹ḥr, and ʿndhmw, son of Ḥmʿṯt 2 of the family of Mḥrmn, made and built an entire eighth of the tomb Ygr, 3 an eighth of all its mbḥr, an eighth of all its tʾbd and an eighth of its canal. 4 Ḥywm and ʿndhmw may acquire this eighth, each one the 5 half, with full property rights. By ʾlmqh. |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb Ygr |
| Notes | The text is inscribed on the south-wall of tomb 1, in area A of the so-called ʾAwām cemetery, which extends outside the temenos wall of the temple of Maḥrām Bilqīs. |
| Link to site record |
| Nebes 2002 c: 161, fig. 1 | Nebes, Norbert 2002. Die 'Grabinschriften' aus dem ʾAwām-Friedhof. Vorbericht über die Kampagnen 1997 bis 2001. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 9: 161-164. |