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Ph 124 a+g


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Late Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodE
Start date - BCE/CE439 CE
End date - BCE/CE439 CE
Date accuracyAccurate

TEXT

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   1  Ḏhl Bdʾ ʾnmr ʿwḍt ʿbd((Bd)) ʿbd
   2  ʾs¹d s²rḥw((S²rḥw)) ʿrḍn mlwṭn((ʿrḍn mlwṭn)) b-mlk Mʿdk[rb]
   3  wrḫ-hw ḏ-l-ts¹ʿt w-ʾrbʿy w-ḫms¹ mʾtm

Apparatus
The reading reported by Gajda as based on photos belonging to G. Ryckmans can not be confirmed.
1-2it is not possible to determine how many people are numbered.
2ʿbd (Ryckmans), Bd (Müller). At the end Philby-Tritton read: nwl rfʾt; these words are probably not part of our inscription (Müller, Walter W. 2010: 63, n. 3).

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Ḏhl, Bdʾ, ʾnmr, ʿwḍt, ʿbd (Bd), ʿbd,
   2  ʾs¹d intendants for the domain of Mʿdkrb (or: "preserved ʿrḍn Mlwṭn with the king Mʿdkrb").
   3  Dated in five hundred forty-nine.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteal-Ukhdūd
Ancient siteẒrbn / Ngrn
Geographical areaNajrān
CountrySaudi Arabia
FoundIn situ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Philby and Tritton 1944: 125-126Philby, Harry St John B. and Tritton, Arthur S. 1944. Najran Inscriptions. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 119-129.
Gajda 1997: 21-22Gajda, Iwona 1997. Ḥimyar gagné par le monothéisme (IVe-VIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne). Ambitions et ruine d'un royaume de l'Arabie méridionale antique. (Université d'Aix-en-Provence).
Müller, Walter W. 2010: 63Müller, Walter W. 2010. Sabäische Inschriften nach Ären datiert. Bibliographie, Texte und Glossar. (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, 53). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.