Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Script cursus | Left to right | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Chronology |
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Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with niche |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 72, w. 25 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maʾrib |
Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
Archaeological context | Funerary context: Necropolis |
Notes | The stela was reemployed in a construction in the city of Mārib. |
Link to site record |
Schmidt et al. 1987: 136 | Schmidt, Jürgen, Finster, Barbara, Herberg, Werner, Klaus, M. and Müller, Walter W. 1987. Mārib. Dritter vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in der Sabäerhauptstadt und Umgebung. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 97-142. |
Jamme 1954 d: 25-26 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1954. An Archaic Dextrograde Sabaean Inscription from Mâreb. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 134: 25-26. |