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Y.85.Y/2 Ja 2971 F


Garbini 1988: pl. 53/a

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters4
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

According to Garbini this inscription corresponds to the second half of Gl 1122-1116-1120.

TEXT

marker


   1  [Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ bn S¹mhʿl]y mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ Mrdʿm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [Ydʿʾl Ḏrḥ bn S¹mhʿl]y, mukarrib of Sabaʾ surrounded with a wall Mrdʿm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Slab
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteHajar ar-Rayḥānī
Ancient siteMrdʿ
Geographical areaWādī al-Jūba
CountryYemen
NotesThe toponym is mentioned in the text.
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Provenance
Modern siteYalā
Ancient siteḤfry
Geographical areawādī Yalā
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReemployed as the right doorjamb in a modern house in Yalā, west of the ancient city.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1956: pl. XII/dPirenne, 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.
Garbini 1988: 38, pl. 53/aGarbini, 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: 23Jamme, Albert W.F. 1989. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XVII. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250298. [Privately printed]