Fa 61
Schmidt 1987: pl. 20/f
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| Other two construction texts are made by Lḥyʿṯt S¹ṭrn kbr Fys²n: MṢM 3636 and RES 3913. |
TEXT
1 Lḥyʿṯt S¹ṭrn kbr Fys²n brʾ w-
2 [h]wṯr (w)-s²qr ʾrbʿn klwtn mẓkkt
3 [n](ḫ)l-hw ʿbṯr b-ʿṯtr w-b ʾlmqh
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Lḥyʿṯt S¹ṭrn, kbr of Fys²n, built and 2 founded and completed the four dam walls of the sluice 3 of his palmgrove ʿbṯr. By ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh. |
| 2 | klwtn mẓkkt: "sustaining walls [which are] the enclosures" (A. Jamme 1976). |
| Jamme 1976: 2-3 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 23, w. 80 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context |
| Notes | Reemployed upside down as the lintel of the southern front door of a modern house. |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Fakhry 1952: i, 104, n. 109, fig. 48 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 35 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
| Jamme 1976: 2-3 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
| Schmidt 1987: 141, pl. 20/f | Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142. |