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Ja 856 Fa 60
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Raised | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 8 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 Mlkkrb Yhʾmn w-bn-h(w) [ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd mlky]
2 S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn w-Ḥḍrmwt w-[Ymnt ... ...]
3 (h)s²qrn mkrbn Bryk l-wfy-hmw w[... ...]
| 2 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. Possible restoration brʾw w-hwṯrn w-]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mlkkrb Yhʾmn and his son ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd, the two kings of 2 Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt and Yamnat built completed and 3 completed their synagogue Brk for their prosperity and [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 29, w. 120 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Synagogue Bryk |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Even though this inscription has no clearly religious reference, the term mkrbn probably means "synagogue" in the texts of the monotheistic times. Here the mkbrn is named Bryk "blessed" (like in Ry 534+Rayda 1), which is considered a loanword from Aramaic (Robin 2003: 122-123).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: 104-105, fig. 48 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: 33-35 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Jamme 1960: 3-5, pl. I | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1960. The Late Inscription Ja 856. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 17: 3-5. |
| Schmidt 1987: 141, pl. 20/d | Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142. |
| Gajda 1997: 5-6 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |
| Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |