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Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions

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Ry 622 Ry 686; MAFRAY-Ḥuṣn al-ʿUrr


Robin 2012: 363, fig. 3 (photo); Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962 a: pl. I (facsimile)

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


   1  Yʿly w-ʾḏmr bny Whbʾl[ ... ...] ʾḏmr[ ... ... by]—
   2  t-(s¹m) Yġl b-rdʾ mrʾ-s¹[m ... ...]
   3  [... ... ]w-(b)-(rd)ʾ mrʾ-s¹m [... ...]
   4  [... ...] ʾḏ(mr) w-b-rd(ʾ)[ ... ...]

Apparatus
1-2The reading is suggested by Robin; G. Ryckmans reads: ʿs³trm Yġl.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeArchitectural structure
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteḤuṣn al-ʿUrr
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaCentral Ḥaḍramawt
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextUrban context: Fortress
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962 a: 219-220Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Dix-neuvième série. Le Muséon, 75: 213-231.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1962 b: 452-453 (facsimile), pl. XRyckmans, Gonzague 1962. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Vingtième série. Le Muséon, 75: 441-453.
Keall 1995: 56, pl. VIIKeall, Edward J. 1995. A second attempt to understand the historical context of Husn al-ʿUrr in the Ḥaḍramawt. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 25: 55-62.
Robin 2012: 363, fig. 3Robin, Christian J. 2012. ʿṯtr au féminin en Arabie méridionale. Pages 333-366 in Alexander V. Sedov (ed.). New research in archaeology and epigraphy of South Arabia and its neighbors. Proceedings of the "Rencontres Sabéennes 15" held in Moscow, May 25th –27th, 2011. Moscow: The State Museum of Oriental Art. [Annexe 1: Un réexamen de CIAS (sic!) I, 206 (Ch. Robin); Annexe 2: Trois inscriptions inédites des Missions Qatabān et Haut-Yāfiʿ (Ch. Robin, M. Arbach, A. Bāṭāyaʿ, I. Gajda, Kh. al-Ḥajj, M. Sālim, J. Schiettecatte)]