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MAFRAY-Ḫirbat Saʿūd 8 Gl A 777


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
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyConstruction text
Royal inscriptionYes

TEXT

marker


   1  | Krbʾl Wtr bn Ḏmrʿly |
   2  | mkrb S¹bʾ gnʾ S²bʿn |

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Krbʾl Wtr son of Ḏmrʿly,
   2  mukarrib of Sabaʾ, walled (the town with) S²bʿn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure » Walls
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 38, w. 114
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteKharibat Saʿūd
Ancient siteKtlm
Geographical areawādī Raghwān
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: City walls
NotesThe stone is part of the south city walls.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pirenne 1956: pl. 5/bPirenne, 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.
Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 159-160, pl. 25/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: 111-113, fig. 20/c (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.)]