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MAFRAY-al-Asāḥil 3


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters10
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

The inscription is a palimpsest: traces of a former text are visible.

TEXT

marker


   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn bn S¹mhʿly
   2  mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ ʿrrtm

Apparatus
The inscription is scarcely readable, as it was written on a previously erased text, of which the editors can read the first (Ydʿʾl) and the last (Yṯʿn) words, on the right side of the current text.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn son of S¹mhʿly,
   2  mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled ʿrrtm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 45, w. 129
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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 S-E city walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 125-127, pl. 7/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.