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    Alessandra Avanzini
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2019-10-02
  • Last revised
    2019-10-02
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-4026
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Nihm/Sidd ʿĀmir 6 CIH 566; MAFRAY-Sidd ʿĀmir 3


Robin 1988 a: 113, pl. 8/a-b
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Robin 1988 a: 113, pl. 8/a-b
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Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 64, pl. 63a
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodC. Conjectural
Textual typologyConstruction text

GENERAL NOTES

According to Robin, the text dates back to the 2nd-1st c. BC.

TEXT

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   1  Bnʾl w-ʾls²rḥ w-bn-hmy Rymm
   2  w-ʾlrm-bnw S¹(ḫ)ymm hqḥw m—
   3  ʾḫḏn Ġyl b-s¹r-hmw ʾs²rʿ

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Bnʾl, ʾls²rḥ and their sons Rymm
   2  and ʾlrm, of the family S¹ḫym, complited the
   3  control dyke Ġyl in their valley ʾs²rʿ.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin and provenance
Modern siteUnknown (wādī Sidd ʿĀmir)
Ancient siteUnknown
Geographical areawādī Sidd ʿĀmir
CountryYemen
FoundIn situ
Archaeological contextAgricultural irrigation context
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Robin 1988 a: 104, pl. 8Robin, Christian J. 1988. Quelques observations sur la date de construction et la chronologie de la première digue de Maʾrib, d'après les inscriptions. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 18: 95-114.
Frantsouzoff 2016: 152-153, pl. 63 a-bFrantsouzoff, Serguei A. 2016. Nihm. Fasc. A: Les documents. Fasc. B: Les planches. With contribution by Christian J. Robin. Inventaire des inscriptions sudarabiques. 8. Paris: De Boccard. [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Collège de France, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques anciennes; Académie des sciences de Russie Institut des manuscrits orientaux]