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CIH 663 Ry 275


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Measure of letters6.2
Chronology
PeriodC
Textual typologyConstruction text - fragmentary

TEXT

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   1  [... ...] bn Ġfrm ʿbd bn Mrṯdm brʾ ẓlly
   2  [... ...] ʾlrb w-ʾḫy-hw w-bny-hmw bny Mrṯdm

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] son of Ġfrm, subject of the banū Mrṯdm, constructed the two tombs
   2  [... ...] ʾlrb and his brother(s) and their sons, descendants of Mrṯdm.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
Dimensionsh. 30, w. 120
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteʿAmrān
Ancient siteʿmrn
Geographical areaʿAmrān
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
Archaeological contextFunerary context: Tomb
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939 a: 98Ryckmans, Gonzague 1939. Inscriptions sud-arabes. Cinquième série. Le Muséon, 52: 51-112.
Rathjens 1953: 29, fig. 19Rathjens, Carl 1953. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. I. Teil. Der Reisebericht. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel.
Grjaznevič 1978: 26, fig. 18Grjaznevič, Petr A. 1978. Materiali ekspedicii P.A. Grjaznevičia 1966-1967 gg. Južnaja Aravija. Pamjiatniki Drevnej Istorii i Kultury. 1. Moscow: Glavnaja redakzija vostočnoj literatury.