Bātāyiʿ-Bāʿalyān 2016-4
Bāṭāyiʿ and Bāʿalyān 2016: 13
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Relief | ||
| Measure of letters | 7 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 Mrṯdm b[... ...]
2 Krb ʾdm bny S¹ḫy(m)[m ... ...]
3 [...] mḍḥ-hmw w-b-mq[m ... ...]
| 2 | The editors: S¹ḫy[m]. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Mrṯdm [... ...] 2 Krb, people of the family S¹ḫymm [... ...] 3 [...] their tutelary deity and by the power of [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Aden, Military Museum, without number |
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 35, w. 70 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The presence of the family S¹ḫymm suggests an origin of the text from the high-plateau. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Bāṭāyiʿ and Bāʿalyān 2016: 13, fig. 4 | Bāṭāyiʿ, Aḥmed and Bāʿalyān, Muḥammad ʿAwaḍ Manṣūr 2016 (1437). Nuqūsh jadīda mina al-Matḥaf al-ʿAskarī fī ʿAdan. Adūmātū, 34: 7-16. |