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MAFRAY-ad-Durayb 6 Gl 1552; RES 3648; RES 4846; Fa 125


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRaised
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyDedicatory text

TEXT

marker


   1   Ṣdqʾmr w-ʿms²fq w-Yhqm bn Ṣb—
   2  ḥm hqnyw ḏt-Ḥmym ʾbʾmr

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ṣdqʾmr and ʿms²fq and Yhqm sons of Ṣb‒
   2  ḥm dedicated to ḏt-Ḥmym ʾbʾmr.
As for bn as a plural, see Stein 2003 a: 95.
Stein 2003 aStein, Peter 2003. Untersuchungen zur Phonologie und Morphologie des Sabäischen. (Epigraphische Forschungen auf der Arabischen Halbinsel, 3). Rahden: Marie Leidorf GmbH / Westf.: Marie Leidorf GmbH.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArtefact » Stela » Stela with framework
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 75
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern sitead-Durayb
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Raghwān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesIt is not sure if the inscription originally comes from ad-Durayb (for the issue of the provenance of the texts found in the village, see the opposite opinions by Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 135 and Schiettecatte 2011: 102).
For sure, there was a temple of ḏt-Ḥmym in the nearby site of Kharibat Saʿūd (Ktlm; cf. CIH 494 and MAFRAY-Ḫirbat Saʿūd 13).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 97Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 76-77Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press.
Pirenne 1956: pl. IV/dPirenne, 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: 29, pl. X/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.
Wissmann 1964 a: 231, fig. 13Wissmann, 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.
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 145-146, pl. 13/bRobin, 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.