Moretti 2
Moretti 1971: pl. I/b
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Southern Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary |
GENERAL NOTES
| The word ʾb, perhaps of the Wd ʾb formula, is written on the right side, along the three lines |
TEXT
1 [... ... Y]hfrʿ brʾ
2 [... ... ṣ]rḥt-hmw
3 [... ...]tʾbt-hw
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] Yhfrʿ built 2 [... ...] their upper part 3 [... ...] his ancestors |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maṣnaʿat Mariya |
| Ancient site | S¹mʿn |
| Geographical area | Dhamār |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Moretti 1971: 121, pl. I/b | Moretti, Patrizia 1971. Iscrizioni sabee a Màriya. Annali dell'Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli, 31: 119-122. |
| Robin 2006: 109, fig. 7 | Robin, Christian J. 2006. Muhaqraʾum (arabe Muhaqrā). Une commune Ḥimyarite méconnue. Pages 93-135 in Christian J. Robin and Muḥammad A.R. Jāzim (eds). Le pèlerin des forteresses du savoir. Hommage au qādī Ismāʿīl b. Alī al-Akwaʿ à l'occasion de son 85e anniversaire. Ṣanʿāʾ. |