Ja 2841
Jamme 1976: pl. 2
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Script cursus | Boustrophedon | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 [... ...]w bn Krbs²hr ḏ-[Mrḥbm ... ...]
2 [... ...H]wbs¹ b-[... ...]
| 1-2 | Jamme, on the basis of RES 4516 and RES 4517, integrates: l.1 [... ... hm]w bn Krbs²hr ḏ-[Mrḥbm] l.2 [hqny H]wbs¹ b-[ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 22, w. 31.6 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣawwana |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Jamme 1976: 30, pl. II (facsimile) | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Wissmann 1982: 279-281, fig. 71 (facsimile) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)] |