Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian |
Script typology | Monumental writing |
Writing technique | Incision |
1 | bry: "A sculpté (pour) Šams (?)" or " Monument sculpté de Šams" (G. Ryckmans 1952); perhaps "prosperity of S²ms¹". |
Support type | Artefact » Incense burner |
Shape | With truncated pyramidal base |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 22, w. 14 |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maʾrib (Dār al-Beyḍa) |
Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Fakhry 1952: i, 125-126, fig. 77 (facsimile); iii pls XLVII/a | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 15-16 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |