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MAFRAY-Ḫirbat Saʿūd 6


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters8
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  Yṯʿʾmr Wtr bn S¹mhʿly mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ Ktlm |
   2  ḏ-Rḥb

Apparatus
2The letters of the name Rḥb are separated by large spaces.

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Yṯʿʾmr Wtr son of S¹mhʿly, mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled Ktlm
   2  (with) ḏ-Rḥb.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 34, w. 128
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteKharibat Saʿūd
Ancient siteKtlm
Geographical areawādī Raghwān
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
NotesThe stone is fallen from the S-W part of the city walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 156-157, pl. 24Robin, 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.