DAI Barʾān 1991-1
Catalogue 2000: 343, fig. 220
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 ʿmkrb bn Rʾs¹hm—
2 w ḏ-S²qr mwd{d} S¹mhʿ—
3 ly w-Yṯʿʾmr hqny ʾ—
4 lmqh kl wld-hw b-ʿṯ—
5 tr w-b ʾlmqh w-b ḏ—
6 t Ḥmym w-b S¹mhʿly w-
7 b Yṯʿʾmr|
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 14329 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Alabaster |
| Measures | h. 110, w. 65, th. 11 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | al-ʿAmāyid / ʿArsh Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | Brʾn |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Vogt 1997: 143, 233b | Robin, Christian J. and Vogt, Burkhard (eds) 1997. Yémen, au pays de la reine de Saba. Exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe du 25 octobre 1997 au 28 février 1998. Paris: Flammarion, Institut du Monde Arabe. |
| Catalogue 2000: 341-344, cat. 220 | 2000. Yemen. Nel paese della Regina di Saba. Catalogo della Mostra, Palazzo Ruspoli, Fondazione Memmo, Roma 6 Aprile - 30 Giugno 2000. Milan: Skira. |