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RES 4906


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  [... ...] mkrb S¹bʾ bny qyf ʾl[m ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏ]—
   2  bn w-hnr-hw [b]-Trḥ w-hʾt[... ...]
   3  gr ṣlm [... ...]

Apparatus
1-2RES reads ʾlmqh [... ...]bn.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] mukarrib of Sabaʾ, erected the stela of the ritual (?) of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏ‒
   2  bn and burnt offerings to Him in Trḥ and [... ...]
   3  a statue [... ...]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeUnknown (qyf)
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteJabal al-Lawdh
Ancient siteKwrn
Geographical areaNorthern Jawf
CountryYemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beeston 1939: 446-447Beeston, Alfred F.L. 1939. Appendix on the Rock Inscriptions. Pages 441-456 in Harry St John B. Philby. Sheba's Daughters. Being a record of travel in Southern Arabia. London: Methuen and Co.
Wissmann 1982: 166-167Wissmann, 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.)]