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MAFRAY-Ḫirbat Saʿūd 9
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Royal inscription | Yes |
GENERAL NOTES
| The stone is part of the S-W city walls. This is probably a fragmentary construction text, like the other inscriptions on the walls of the town. |
TEXT
1 [Krb](ʾl) [W](tr) (b)[n] (Ḏ)[mrʿly]
2 [... ...]
| Robin and Ryckmans's reading. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Architectural structure » Walls |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 32, w. 108 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Kharibat Saʿūd |
| Ancient site | Ktlm |
| Geographical area | wādī Raghwān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Found | In situ |
| Archaeological context | Urban context: City walls |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Robin and Ryckmans, Jacques 1980: 160, pl. 25/b | Robin, 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. |