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  • Editor(s)
    Alessandra Avanzini
    CSAI Team
  • First published
    2016-09-21
  • Last revised
    2019-05-11
  • DOI
    10.82194/dasi-epi-4132
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Nihm/Sidd ʿĀmir 3 CIH 889; RES 2735


Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 62, pl. 60
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Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 62, pl. 60
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Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 62, pl. 61
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Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 65, pl. 64
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Frantsouzoff 2016: Fasc. B, 65, pl. 65

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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

TEXT

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   1  Mrṯḏm w-Yfʿm Ys¹kr
   2  w-Gdym ʾdm bny
   3  S¹ḫymm hnklw n—
   4  qbn ʾbrrn

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  Mrṯdm and Yfʿm Ys¹kr
   2  and Gdym, vassals of the family
   3  S¹hymm finished off the
   4  channel ʾbrrn.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeRock
MaterialStone
Dimensionsw. 95
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

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

Robin 1988 a: 104Robin, 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: 149-150, pl. 60Frantsouzoff, 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]