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MAFRAY-al-Asāḥil 5 Gl 1560; RES 3650 C


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters10.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn bn S¹mhʿl—
   2  {|}y mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ ʿrrtm |

Apparatus
2The word separator at the beginning of the line divides a word, so it could be an error or it could have been engraved to be symmetrical with the separator at the end of the line.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn son of S¹mhʿl‒
   2  y, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled ʿrrtm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 44, w. 100
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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 west city walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1956: pl. VIII/d (partim)Pirenne, 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.
Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 32-33, pl. XIII/1-2Höfner, Maria and Solá Solé, Josep M. 1961. Inschriften aus dem Gebiet zwischen Mārib und dem Ǧōf. Sammlung Eduard Glaser. 2. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 238/3). Vienna: H. Böhlaus Nachf., Kommissionsverlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 129-130, pl. 8/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.