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Y.85.Y/1 Eryani 47; Schm/Mārib 23


Garbini 1988: pl. 52

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn bn S¹mhʿly mkrb S¹bʾ qf qy—
   2  f ʿṯtr w-Krwm ywm ṣd ṣyd Krwm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn, son of S¹mhʿly, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, erected
   2  the stela to ʿṯtr and Krwm when he made the hunt of Krwm.

English

   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn, son of S¹mhʿly, unifier of Sabaʾ, has erected the memori-
   2  al of ʿṯtr and of the pit-game when he hunted the hunt with pits.
Jamme 1989: 28-31Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250298. [Privately printed]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReused as the architrave of a door in a modern house west of Yalā, previously the epigraph was seen and photographed by the German Archaeological Mission north of Mārib.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schmidt 1982: 79 no. 3, pl. 33/cSchmidt, Jürgen 1982. Der ʿAṯtar-Tempel bei Maʿīn. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 1: 143-152.
Wissmann 1982: 103 no. 79Wissmann, 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.)]
Müller, Walter W. 1986 b: 105-107, pl. 15/dMüller, Walter W. 1986. KRWM im Lichte einer neuentdeckten sabäischen Jagdinschrift aus der Oase von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 3: 101-107.
Garbini 1988: 37-38, pl. 52Garbini, Giovanni 1988. The inscriptions of Si'b al-'Aql, Al-Gafnah and Yala/Ad-Durayb. Pages 21-40 in Alessandro de Maigret (ed.). The Sabaean archaeological complex in the Wādī Yalā (Eastern Hawlān at-Tiyāl, Yemen Arab Republic). A preliminary report. (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Centro studi e scavi archeologici. Reports and memoirs, 21). Rome: IsMEO.
Jamme 1989: 28-31Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250298. [Privately printed]