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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Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
2 | Mʿrbm is the ancient temple name, see RES 3949. |
English | |
1 ʾlḏḫr and Lḥy, the two mʿhr ("noblemen"?), sons of Rtʿ and Rtʿm, of Ḥfr- 2 y, dedicated to ʾlmqh ḏ-Mʿrbm their house Yʿd and cased 3 the whole basin (?) up to (its) façade (?). By ʿṯtr, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym and 4 ḏt Bʿdn, and by Ydʿʾl, Yṯʿʾmr and by Krbʾl and by Ḏʾbm. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Link to object record |
Modern site | al-Masājid |
Ancient site | Mʿrbm |
Geographical area | Wādī Yalā |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh ḏ-Mʿrbm |
Link to site record |
Bron 1992: 97-98, photo | Bron, François 1992. Mémorial Mahmud al-Ghul. Inscriptions sudarabiques. Paris: Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner / Sanʿāʾ: Centre français d'études yéménites. |