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Fa 34 CIH 366 C4


Ahmed Fakhry, 1952
Fakhry 1952: 43, fig. 12

INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic
ScriptAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Text directionRight-to-left
Text appearanceRecessed
Execution techniqueIncision
Royal inscriptionYes

GENERAL NOTES

The 'pact of alliance' is present in the text. The inscription is a royal text.
Resumption of an archaic practice at Jabal al-Lawdh, 1st century AD (A. Jamme 1976).

TEXT

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   1  [... ...]s¹ w-hyʿ ḥr(m)[tm ... ...]
   2  [... ... ḏ-]ʾlm w-s²ymm w-ḏ-[ḥblm w-ḥmrm... ...]

Apparatus
2G. Ryckmans integrates rightly: [ywm hwṣt kl gwm ḏ-].

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone piece
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Provenance
Modern siteṢirwāḥ-Khawlān
Ancient siteṢrwḥ
Geographical areaṢirwāḥ
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesReemployed in a small mosque.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fakhry 1952: i, fig. 12Fakhry, Ahmed 1952. An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). (3 vols), Cairo: Government Press.
Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952: ii, 24-25Ryckmans, Gonzague 1952. Epigraphical texts. Ahmed Fakhry, An archaeological Journey to Yemen (March-May 1947). ii. Cairo: Government Press.
Jamme 1976: 76Jamme, Albert W.F. 1976. Carnegie Museum 1974-75 Yemen Expedition. (Special Publication, 2). Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Wissmann 1982: 206Wissmann, Hermann von 1982. Die Geschichte von Sabaʾ II. Das Grossreich der Sabäer bis zu seinem Ende im frühen 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophischhistorische Klasse, 402). Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. [Walter W. Müller (ed.)]