Y.85.Y/2 Ja 2971 F
Garbini 1988: pl. 53/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| According to Garbini this inscription corresponds to the second half of Gl 1122-1116-1120. |
TEXT
1 [Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ bn S¹mhʿl]y mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ Mrdʿm
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ bn S¹mhʿl]y, mukarrib of Sabaʾ surrounded with a wall Mrdʿm. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Slab |
| Material | Stone |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Hajar ar-Rayḥānī |
| Ancient site | Mrdʿ |
| Geographical area | Wādī al-Jūba |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The toponym is mentioned in the text. |
| Link to site record |
| Modern site | Yalā |
| Ancient site | Ḥfry |
| Geographical area | wādī Yalā |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed as the right doorjamb in a modern house in Yalā, west of the ancient city. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Pirenne 1956: pl. XII/d | Pirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën. |
| Garbini 1988: 38, pl. 53/a | Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO. |
| Jamme 1989: 23 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A202034#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |