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MṢM 4692
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INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 5 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Construction text (conjectural) |
TEXT
1 [... ...s²]ʿbn Ḏmry Hwtn Yhwgd [... ...]
2 [... ...]t-hmw Hrn ḏ-b-s¹rn Ynʿm w-kl tḥ[... ...]
3 [... ...]w ṯny wynn ḏ-ys¹tmynn ʾḥlk w-[... ...]
4 [... ...](mr)-hmw w-mʾglt-hmw w-[... ...]
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, Military Museum, MṢM 4692 |
| Support type | Stone piece |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 30, w. 48, th. 20 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Maʾrib |
| Ancient site | Mryb / Mrb |
| Geographical area | Maʾrib |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | The supposed provenance is Mārib, despite the mention of the tribe Dhamarī. |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
The authors of the inscription are probably members of the banū Gurat, princes of the tribe Samharum, which is a fraction of the tribe Dhamarī, located about 40 km south of Ṣanʿāʾ.
Compare the titles in Ja 650: s²ʿbn Ḏmry Hwtn ʾrbʿw ḏ-S¹mhrm and Ja 631: s²ʿb-hmw S¹mhrm Yhwgd. In the latter, the suggested reading Yhwld must be corrected on the basis of the new occurrence in MṢM 4692.
Compare the titles in Ja 650: s²ʿbn Ḏmry Hwtn ʾrbʿw ḏ-S¹mhrm and Ja 631: s²ʿb-hmw S¹mhrm Yhwgd. In the latter, the suggested reading Yhwld must be corrected on the basis of the new occurrence in MṢM 4692.