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RES 3916 Ry 10


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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionBoustrophedon
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters5
Chronology
PeriodA
Textual typologyCommemorative text - fragmentary

TEXT

marker


      [... ...]
   1  [... ...]
   2  [... ...] yrd ʾʿbr[... ...]
   3  [... ...]b ḥllt Yṯʿʾmr[... ...]
   4  [... ... h]ṯb Dhs¹m l-ʾl(m)[qh ... ...]
   5  [... ...] (ʾ)ws¹n w-qny [... ...]
   6  [... ...](l) k[... ...]

Apparatus
1(k)-yrd (RES).
b-Yrd "dans Yrd, les prairies" (Jamme 1971: 67).
2w-hṯ]b (RES).
ḥllt Yṯʿʾmr "the booty of Yṯʿʾmr" is probably also attested in RES 3945, 8.
3w-ʿtb wld] ʾws¹n (RES).
w-qny[-hw (RES).

OBJECT INFORMATION

DepositLondon, The British Museum, BM 103065=1910,0507.7
Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 34, w. 35, th. 9
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin
Modern siteUnknown
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areaUnknown
CountryUnknown
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927: 179-180Ryckmans, Gonzague 1927. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Première série. Le Muséon, 40: 161-200.
Jamme 1971 bJamme, Albert W.F. 1971. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe II. Washington. 2025/04/17; https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38250313. [Privately printed]