Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
Writing technique | Incision | ||
Measure of letters | 24 | ||
Chronology |
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Textual typology | Construction text (conjectural) |
1 | The integration [w-qny] is not accepted by A. Jamme (Jamme 1976: 8). |
English | |
1 Wddʾl and his brothers, of the family S¹ḥr, bought and [acquired] the house Ygr and all its upper rooms and his cultivated land [... ...]. |
Support type | Stone inscription |
Material | Stone |
Measures | h. 30, w. 110 (Fa 112); h. 24, w. 79, th. 28 (Fa 113); w. 129 (Fa 114) |
Link to object record |
Modern site | Maʾrib |
Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
Geographical area | Maʾrib |
Country | Yemen |
Found | Reemployed. In modern times |
Archaeological context | Urban context: Private house Ygr |
Notes | Found inside a new building of the government. |
Link to site record |
Fakhry 1952: i, 117, n. 161-164, fig 107 (facsimile); iii pl. XXXVIII | Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press. |
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 66 | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press. |
Jamme 1976: 7-9 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. |
Schmidt 1987: 138-139, pls 15/c, 17/a | Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142. |