MAFRAY-al-Balaq al-Janūbī 5 Gl 1712
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982: pl. 39/c
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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GENERAL NOTES
| On the edge of the western rectangular basin. |
TEXT
1 ḏt-rbʿm
| 1 | The editors suggested a translation: "(contenance) d'un quart". Alternative reading: ḏ-trbʿm (Robin & Ryckmans 1982: 112). Lundin (1965) reads ʿḏtrbʿm, while Jamme (1967) reads w-ḏt-Rbʿm (name of the solar deity). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Container » Basin |
| Measures | w. 25.5 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Balaq al-Janūbī |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Notes | On the edge of the western basin. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Lundin 1965: 17-18, 97, pl. V/1 | Lundin (=Loundine), Avraam G. 1965. Die Eponymenliste von Saba (aus dem Stamme Halīl). Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 5. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 248/1). Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
| Jamme 1967 d: 386-387 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1967. The Sabaean Onomastic Lists from (?) Ṣirwâḥ in ʾArḥab (second half). Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 42: 361-406. |
| Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982: 112-113, fig. 31, pls 38/a, 39/c | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Dédicace de bassins rupestres antiques à proximité de Bâb al-Falaǧ (Mârib). Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 107-115. |