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RES 3624 Gl 484; CIH 957; MB 2001 I-16


Maraqten 2005: 361

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  | Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ bn S¹mhʿly mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ ʾwm byt ʾlmqh |
   2  ywm ḏbḥ ʿṯtr w-hwṣt kl gwm ḏ-ʾlm w-s²ymm w-ḏ ḥblm w-ḥ[m]—
   3  [r]m [... ...] ʾlmqh

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ, son of S¹mhʿly, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, surrounded with a wall ʾwm, the temple of ʾlmqh,
   2  when sacrificed to ʿṯtr and he founded all the community, that of the god and Patron and of the territory and people
   3  [... ...] ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Wall
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rhodokanakis 1917: 7-11Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1917. Studien zur Lexikographie und Grammatik des Altsüdarabischen. II Heft. (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 185/3). Vienna: Alfred Hölder.
Jamme 1955 h: 506Jamme, Albert W.F. 1955. South-Arabian Inscriptions. Pages 506-513 in James B. Pritchard (ed.). Ancient Near Eastern Texts relating to the Old Testament. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Wissmann 1982: 183-184Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)]
Maraqten 2005: 354Maraqten, Mohammed 2005. Nuqūš Sabaʾiyya ǧadīda min Maḥram Bilqīs (maʿbad ʾAwām), taqrīr ʾAwalī ʿan al-iktišafātʿan naqšiyya allatī qāmat bi-hā al muʾssa al-amrīkiyya li-dirāsat al-insān fī Maḥram Bilqīs/Mārib. Pages 345-361 in Sālih ʿAlī Bāsurrah (ed.). Sanʿāʾ. History and Cultural Heritage. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Yemeni Civilization. (2 vols), 1. Ṣanʿāʾ.