Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
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English | |
1 Altar of ʿbdm and his sons, banū S¹qrn, servants of ḏ-ʿqbn, 2 on which they will slaughter (?) on the seventh (day) of ḏ-ʾbhy; and he committed it to ʾlmqh. |
2 | For the hapax of the root MḪS¹, Taīrān proposes the meaning "to slaughter" on the basis of the context. |
Ṭaīrān 2003: 258 | Ṭaīrān, Sālim A. 2003. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya li-naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd ʿalā maḏbaḥ aḍḥiyya. Maǧalla Ğāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd, 15: 247-268. |
Support type | Artefact » Altar (mḏbḥt) |
Shape | Squared |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 15, w. 83, th. 14-15.5 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maʾrib |
Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Ṭaīrān 2003: 247-267 (figs 1-2 and facsimile) | Ṭaīrān, Sālim A. 2003. Dirāsa taḥlīliyya li-naqš sabaʾī ǧadīd ʿalā maḏbaḥ aḍḥiyya. Maǧalla Ğāmiʿa al-Malik Saʿūd, 15: 247-268. |