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Fa 75 bis


Ahmed Fakhry
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 56

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodD
Textual typologyDedicatory text

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription Fa 65 bis is identical to Fa 65, except for the addition of the formula Wdʾb between the lines 1 and 2.

TEXT

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   1  Rbm ʾḫtr w-Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd bn(y) (G)dnm w-[... ... ...]—
   2  [.]m Yʿrr bn Ḥbtlm w-Zbnr hqnyw mḍḥ-h[mw ... ...]—
   3  y bn mlt-hmw bn hgrn S²bwt b-kn s²[wʿw mrʾ-hmw S²ʿrm ʾwtr m]—
   4  [l]k S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn bn ʿlhn Nhfn mlk [S¹bʾ ... ...]

Apparatus
1G. Ryckmans read [K]brm corrected in Brm by Salami 2011: 54.
1-2Between the lines 1 and 2 there is the formula Wdʾb.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Krbm ʾḫtr and Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd, of the family Gdnm, and [... ... ...]m
   2  Yʿrr, of the families Ḥbtlm and Zbnr, dedicated to their tutelary deity [... ...]
   3  from their booty from the city of S²bwt, when [they followed their lord S²ʿrm ʾwtr]
   4  king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of ʿlhn Nhfn, king of Sabaʾ [... ...].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 25, w. 83
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: i, 108, n. 124, fig. 56Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 50Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press.
al-Salami 2011: 54al-Salami, Mohammed Ali 2011. Sabäische Inschriften aus dem Ḫawlān. (Jenaer Beiträge zum Vorderen Orient, 7). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
Rijziger 2017 b: 238-239, 243Rijziger, Sarah 2017. Two new inscriptions mentioning Rabbum ʾAkhṭar, a military commander of the Sabaean king in the first half of the third century AD. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 28/2: 238-245. 2019/10/19; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471/2017/28/2.