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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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CIH 487 Gl 561


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters11.5
Textual typologyDedicatory text - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  ʿmʾmn ml±[k ʾrbʿm bn N]—
   2  [bṭʾl hqny Hwb]±s¹ w-ʾlmqh

Apparatus
CIH integrates the text on the basis of a similar fragment, Fresnel 32, set in the same wall below CIH 487.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  ʿmʾmn king of ʾrbʿm son of N-
   2  bṭʾl dedicated to Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 27, w. 33
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: i, 71, 84, fig. 36/53 (facsimile)Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Jamme 1957 c: 55Jamme, Albert W.F. 1957. La paléographie sud-arabe de Jaqueline Pirenne. Washington. [Privately printed]
Müller, Walter W. 1982 b: 130, pl. 51/cMüller, 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.