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Ry 540


Schmidt 1987: pls 16/a-c, 17/d

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

marker


   1  S²ʿrm bn Yhʿn bny w-↯hwṯrn w-hs²qrn (ṣ)↯rḥt-hmw Myr b-ʿṯtr w-H(wbs¹)↯ [w-ʾlmqh w-b-ḏt Ḥ]↯mym w-b-ḏt Bʿdnm w-b-ʾybm [... ]w-[b mqm] w-r[d]—
   2  ʾ ʾmrʾ-hmw Krbʾl Wt(r)↯ Yhnʿm ml(k )(S¹bʾ)↯ w-ḏ-Rydn bn Ḏmrʿly Byn w-Hlk↯[ʾmr bn K]rbʾl w-b-s²ʿb-hmw S¹bʾ w-Fys²n w-rṯd-h ʿṯtr w-ʾlmqh

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  S²ʿrm ibn Yhʿn built, laid the foundation and completed their superstructure (?) Myr, by ʿṯtr, Hwbs¹ and ʾlmqh, and by ḏt-Ḥmym, ḏt Bʿdnm, ʾybm [...], and by the power and the help
   2  of their lords Krbʾl Wtr Yhnʿm, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, son of Ḏmrʿly Byn, and Hlkʾmr, son of Krbʾl, and by their tribe Sabaʾ and Fayshān; and they committed it to ʿṯtr and ʾlmqh.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteMaʾrib
Ancient siteMryb / Mrb
Geographical areaMaʾrib
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1957 a: 98-100, pl. IRyckmans, Gonzague 1957. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Quinzième série. Le Muséon, 70: 97-126.
Schmidt 1987: 139-140, pls 16, 17Schmidt, Jürgen 1987. Antiken aus dem Stadtgebiet von Mārib. Archäologische Berichte aus dem Yemen, 4: 131-142.