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RES 3955 Ja 846
Jamme 1962 a: pl. 54
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Boustrophedon | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 6 | ||
| Chronology |
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TEXT
1 Ḥywm bn (H)wfʿṯt [... ...]
2 [... ...]ʿ ẓllm ḥwln ḏ-by—
3 nn ḥwl tḥtyn w-rb[... ...]
| 1 | [bn ... ...] (Jamme). |
| 2-3 | One quarter of the tiers of loculi of the interior chamber, namely the tier at the bottom (Beeston 1979 b: 91). |
| 2 | [ʿs¹y w-bny rbʿ] (Jamme). |
| 3 | [ʿmbḥrn] (Jamme). |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | th. 53 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maḥram Bilqīs |
| Ancient site | ʾwm |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʾlmqh bʿl ʾwm |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rhodokanakis 1930: 164-165 | Rhodokanakis, Nikolaus 1930. Dingliche Rechte im alten Südarabien. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 37: 121-173. |
| Jamme 1962 a: 250-251, pl. 54 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1962. Sabaean Inscriptions from Maḥram Bilqîs (Mârib). (Publications of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, 3). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. |
| Beeston 1979 b | Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1979. Studies in Sabaic Lexicography I. Raydān, 2: 89-100. |