Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Relief | ||
Measure of letters | 8 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text - fragmentary | ||
Royal inscription | Yes |
2 | for Ymnt see Robin 2013: 131-133. Possible restoration brʾw w-hwṯrn w-]. |
English | |
1 Mlkkrb Yhʾmn and his son ʾbkrb ʾs¹ʿd, the two kings of 2 Sabaʾ, ḏu-Raydān, Ḥaḍramawt and Yamnat built completed and 3 completed their synagogue Brk for their prosperity and [... ...] |
Support type | Inscription on architectural structure |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 29, w. 120 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maʾrib |
Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Religious context: Synagogue Bryk |
Link to site record |
Fakhry 1952: 104-105, fig. 48 | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: 33-35 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
Jamme 1960: 3-5, pl. I | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1960. The Late Inscription Ja 856. Bibliotheca Orientalis, 17: 3-5. |
Schmidt 1987: 141, pl. 20/d | Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142. |
Gajda 1997: 5-6 | Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence). |
Robin 2013 | Robin, Christian J. 2013. À propos de Ymnt et Ymn: « nord » et « sud », « droite » et « gauche », dans les inscriptions de l'Arabie antique. Pages 119-140 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |