MAFRAY-Ṣirwāḥ 1
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982 a: pl. 42/a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 10.4 | ||
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| Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [... ... ]bn Yṯʿʾm—
2 r[ ... mkrb ]S¹bʾ gnʾ
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 28.5, w. 43 |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ṣirwāḥ-Khawlān |
| Ancient site | Ṣrwḥ |
| Geographical area | Ṣirwāḥ |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
| Notes | Reemployed upside-down in the façade of the mafraǧ of the sheikh ʿAbd Allāh az-Zāʾidī. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982 a: 117-119, pl. 42/a | Robin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1982. Inscriptions sabéennes de Ṣirwâḥ remployées dans la maison de ʿAbd Allâh az-Zâʾidî. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 117-122. |