Robin-Thulā 1 SR-Thulā 1
Robin 1994 a: pl. 35/1
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- Robin 1994 a: pl. 35/1
Image free from copyright - Rijziger 2017 a: 69, fig. 4
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
TEXT
1 ʾbkrb w-Rbm w-Ys²bm b—
2 nw Ys²bm qṭṭw w-hkln k—
3 l nkl w-mqḥ mqbr-hmw Ẓll—
4 m
| 2 | Robin 1994 a: 70: "le verbe qṭṭw n'est attesté que dans le texte lacunaire Gl 1188/3. [...] Les termes qṭṭw w-hkln impliquent qu'il s'agit d'un tombeau creusé dans la falaise, comme il y en a tant à proximité de Shibām-Kawkabān". |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 ʾbkrb, Rbm and Ys²bm, of 2 the family Ys²bm, hollowed out and finished all 3 (stone) work and plastering of their tomb 4 Ẓllm. |
| 3 | Rijziger 2017 a: 68 prefers to translate mqḥ "to plaster" instead of "to complete". |
| Rijziger 2017 a: 68 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Thulā |
| Ancient site | Ṯly |
| Geographical area | Shibām-Kawkabān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Funerary context: Tomb |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin 1994 a: 69-70, pl. 35/1 | Robin, Christian J. 1994. Documents de l'Arabie antique III. Raydān, 6: 69-90. |
| Rijziger 2017 a: 68-69, fig. 4 | Rijziger, Sarah 2017. The first epigraphic evidence of the existence of Thulā in antiquity. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28: 67-74. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/1. |