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MAFRAY-al-Asāḥil 1


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  Krbʾl Wtr bn
   2  Ḏmrʿly mkrb
   3  S¹bʾ gnʾ ʿrrtm

Apparatus
The text is roughly incised and the writing is irregular.
Line 1 and line 2 are separated by a horizontal trait.
1[Kr](b)ʾl (W)tr (b) (von Wissmann).
2[n Ḏ]mrʿly mkr (von Wissmann).
3[b ](S)bʾ [gnʾ] ʿrrt[m] (von Wissmann).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Krbʾl Wtr son of
   2  Ḏmrʿly, mukarrib
   3  of Sabaʾ, walled ʿrrtm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 41, w. 168
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Asāḥil
Ancient siteʿrrtm
Geographical areawādī Raġwān
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
NotesThe stone is part of the N-E city walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 121-124, pl. 6/aRobin, Christian J. and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980. Les inscriptions de al-Asâḥil, ad-Durayb et Ḫirbat Saʿûd. (Mission Archéologique Française en République Arabe du Yémen: prospection des Antiquités Préislamiques, 1980). Raydān, 3: 113-182.
Wissmann 1964 a: 214, fig. 5 (facsimile)Wissmann, Hermann von 1964. Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Alt-Südarabien. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 3. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 246). Vienna: Böhlaus.
Wissmann 1982: 109Wissmann, 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.)]