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MAFRAY-al-Asāḥil 6 Gl 1558; RES 3650 A


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters8.5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn bn S¹mhʿly |
   2   mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ ʿrrtm D(n)m

Apparatus
2The name of the building was differently read by the various editors of the text on the base of Philby's copy and Glaser's print; the autoptic reading by Griaznevich and by Robin and Ryckmans verified that the second letter is a "n".

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṯʿʾmr Byn son of S¹mhʿly,
   2  mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled ʿrrtm (with) Dnm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 47, w. 116
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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-W city walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 30-31, pl. XII/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.
Grjaznevič 1978: 274 (photo)Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 130-132, pl. 9Robin, 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 1982: 108, fig. 18 (facsimile)Wissmann, 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.)]