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CIH 385 RES 2664
Fresnel 28
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
Fresnel 28
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
By kind permission of S. Rijziger
Bron 1983: 49, pl. 8/a
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic |
| Script | Ancient South Arabian |
| Script typology | Monumental writing |
| Text direction | Right-to-left |
| Text appearance | Recessed |
| Execution technique | Incision |
| Measure of letters | 28.5 |
| Textual typology | Construction text |
GENERAL NOTES
| CIH 385 corresponds to three fragments with the same text, which were the endings of three different inscriptions (Fresnel 28, 36, 44). They were reemployed in the north mole of the Maʾrib dam. Fresnel 36 is by Ydʿʾl Wtr bn S¹mhʿly Ynf (Wissmann 1976 a: 422); Fresnel 28's palaeography is earlier. |
TEXT
1 [... ...]↯w-ʾlmqh |
| The "w" is only in Fresnel 36. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | Fresnel 28: w. 123, h. 23 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | Reemployed. In ancient times |
| Archaeological context | Agricultural irrigation context: Dam or retaining structure |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Wissmann 1976 a: 423, fig. 21/a, n.12 (facsimile of Fresnel 36) | Wissmann, Hermann von 1976. Die Geschichte des Sabäerreichs und der Feldzug des Aelius Gallus. Pages 308–544 in Hildegard Temporini (ed.). Politische Geschichte. (Provinzen und Randvölker: Mesopotamien, Armenien, Iran, Südarabien, Rom und der Ferne Osten). Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds), Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. II. 9/1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter / New York: Walter de Gruyter. |
| Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: 130, pl. 55/a (Fresnel 36) | Müller, Walter W. 1982. Bemerkungen zu einigen von der Yemen-Expedition 1977 des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts aufgenommenen Inschriften aus dem Raum Mārib und Barāqiš. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 129-134. |
| Bron 1983: 139, pl. 8/a (Fresnel 28) | Bron, François 1983. Inscriptions de la digue de Mârib. Aula Orientalis, 1: 137-153. |