Fakhry 1952: fig. 59
Language Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic Alphabet Ancient South Arabian Script typology Monumental writing Script cursus Boustrophedon Writing technique Incision Chronology Textual typology Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural)
The text could be a dedicatory inscription.
1 [... ...]ym bn-hw ḥmym((Ḥmym)) w-qẓʾt [... ...]2 [... ... mʿ]rbt (w)-s³ftn mrtn w-ṣhr[n ... ...]
Apparatus 1-2 G, Ryckmans translates: 1: "à partir de lui (?) une digue (?) et la distance (?)" 2: " pierres équarries (?), (et) la terre argileuse et le plomb".
Provenance Modern site Maʾrib Ancient site Mryb / Mrb Geographical area Maʾrib Country Yemen Found Reemployed. In modern times Notes Reemployed in a building of the government. Link to site record
Fakhry 1952 : i, 114, n. 139, fig. 59Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947) . (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952 : ii, 59Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts . Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947) . ii. Cairo: Government Press.