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MAFRAY-ad-Durayb 3 Gl 1567


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 - fragmentary
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

This inscription, reemployed in the modern village of ad-Durayb, originally comes from the walls of the town of al-Asāḥil (ʿrrtm, mentioned in the text).

TEXT

marker


   1  [K]rbʾl Wtr bn (Ḏ)[mrʿly mkr]—
   2  [b S¹bʾ gnʾ ]ʿrrtm Rymn

Apparatus
The disposition of the restored text between the lines is proposed by the editors.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [K]rbʾl Wtr son of Ḏ[mrʿly mukarrib]
   2  [of Sabaʾ walled] ʿrrtm (with) Rymn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 55
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern sitead-Durayb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Raghwān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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Origin
Modern siteal-Asāḥil
Ancient siteʿrrtm
Geographical areawādī Raġwān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Höfner and Solá Solé 1961: 37-38, pl. XVIII/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: 138-139, pl. 13/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 1982: 109, fig. 19 (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.)]