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RES 4228


Jamme 1958-1959: pl. IX/1

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters3.6-4.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text

TEXT

marker


   1  | Ṣbḥm w-L—
   2  ḥy bn ʿm—
   3  ʾns¹ ḏ-ʿbn |
   4  | ʿbd S¹mhʿ—
   5  ly bny by—
   6  t S¹mʿ ywm |
   7  | nql l-Ḥḍr |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṣbḥm and L ‒
   2  ḥy, sons of ʿm ‒
   3  ʾns¹, of ʿbn,
   4  servants of S¹mhʿ‒
   5  ly, built the temple
   6  of S¹mʿ when
   7  they quarried stones for Ḥḍr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositMarseille, Musée Borély, Marseille 5538
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 38, w. 23
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cantineau 1927: 139-140, photoCantineau, Jean 1927. Nouvelles Inscriptions Sud-Arabiques du Musée Borély à Marseille. Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archéologie Orientale, 24: 135-146.
Jamme 1958-1959: 183-184, pl. IX/1Jamme, Albert W.F. 1958-1959. Les antiquités Sud-Arabes du Musée Borély à Marseille. Cahiers de Byrsa, 8: 149-189.
Wissmann 1982: 243-244, fig. 53 (facsimile)Wissmann, 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.)]