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RES 4798+RES 4806+RES 4799+RES 4805+RES 4801+RES 4800+RES 4797+RES 4804 Gl 699 a+Gl 707 a/b+Gl 706+Gl 699 b+Gl 700+Gl 702+Gl 701 a+Gl 698+Gl 705+Gl 701 b


Pirenne 1956: pl. VIII/a

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 typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1  Ys²hrmlk kbr Ḥs³rn F[rʿ w-Ns²ʾkrb ... ...]± [Y]dʿʾl [w-S¹m]hʿly w-Yṯʿʾ[m]±r hqnyy ḏt-Ḥmym ± [... ...]h ln s²rs¹m ʿd s²qr[m] ± [... ...]hmy w-ʾnḫl-hmy
   2  [b-ʿṯtr] w-b ʾlmqh w-[b]± ḏt [Ḥmy]m w-b-± ḏt-Bʿdn w-b Ydʿʾl w-b-± S¹mhʿly w-b Yṯʿʾmr

Apparatus
Höfner suggests that originally this was a boustrophedon two lines inscription.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ys²hrmlk, kbr of Ḥs³rn Frʿ and Ns²ʾkrb, [... ...] Ydʿʾl and S¹mhʿly and Yṯʿʾmr dedicated to ḏt Ḥmym [... ...] from foundation to top [... ...] their [... ...] and their palmgroves.
   2  By ʿṯtr, ʾlmqh, ḏt Ḥmym and ḏt Bʿdn and by Ydʿʾl, S¹mhʿly and by Yṯʿʾmr.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In ancient times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner 1938: 28-30Höfner, Maria 1938. Die Inschriften aus Glaser Tagebuch XI (Mārib). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 45: 7-37.
Pirenne 1956: pl. VIII/aPirenne, Jacqueline 1956. Paléographie des inscriptions sud-arabes. Contribution à la chronologie et à l'histoire de l'Arabie du sud antique. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der letteren, 26). Brussels: Paleis der Academiën.
Wissmann 1982: 356-358Wissmann, 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.)]