Fa 84 + Fa 85 + Fa 82 + Fa 83 + Fa 80 + Fa 81
Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 46
Image free from copyright
Image free from copyright
- Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 46
Image free from copyright - Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 59
Image free from copyright
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Writing technique | Relief |
| Measure of letters | 27 |
| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [Rbm ʾ]ḫtr w-Hʿn ʾs¹ʿd bn↯y Gdnm w-Ḥ↯btlm w-ḏ-[Zbn]r[..]↯ [... ...]tm w-s²rʿ ḏhbm bn ḏ↯tn s²rʿtm l-mqnʿ bt-hmw Ḫrf↯ w-s²rʿ ʾbyt bny Gdnm ṣw[... ...]
| 1 | The collage of the fragmentary texts is proposed by A. Jamme 1976: 6. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | w. 94 (Fa 84); w. 56 (Fa 85); w. 130 (Fa 82); w. 149 (Fa 80); w. 135 (Fa 81) |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The fragments Fa 80, 81, 83 and 84 were reemployed, after the 1952. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 110, n. 129-130; 113, n. 131-134, figs 46, 59 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 55-56 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Jamme 1976: 5-7 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Rijziger 2017 b: 239, 243 | Rijziger, 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. |