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Ry 584
Wissmann 1982: 302, fig. 88 (facsimile)
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary |
TEXT
1 [... ...] ʿbd Ydʿʾl w-Yṯʿʾmr w-Krbʾl hqny ʾlmqh ʾr(ḍ)[... ...]
2 [... ...]n ḏ-ʾlm Krbʾl w-ywm s²m-hw Ydʿʾb bn S¹mhrym b-[ʿly ... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 [... ...] servant of Ydʿʾl, Yṯʿʾmr and Krbʾl, dedicated to ʾlmqh the land [... ...] 2 [... ...] which Krbʾl celebrated and when (he) appointed him, Ydʿʾb, son of S¹mhrym, over [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Lintel |
| Material | Stone |
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal al-Lawdh |
| Ancient site | Kwrn |
| Geographical area | Northern Jawf |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn |
| Notes | This text comes from the lower temple, at Šiʿb al-Kaʿāb. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Ryckmans, Gonzague 1959: 163-164, pl. I | Ryckmans, Gonzague 1959. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Dix-septième série. Le Muséon, 72: 159-176. |
| Wissmann 1982: 302, fig. 88 (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.)] |